Space Life Matter: The Coming of Age of Indian Science
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Author: Hari Pulakkat
9789391028664 | PB | pp. 336 | 2022 | Hachette
Space Life Matter: The Coming of Age of Indian Science by Hari Pulakkat tells the inspiring story of how scientists battled all odds to build and develop India’s science infrastructure from scratch.
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Space Life Matter: The Coming of Age of Indian Science by Hari Pulakkat tells the inspiring story of how scientists battled all odds to build and develop India's science infrastructure from scratch.
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How do you build a scientifically and technologically strong modern nation with limited means and resources? Indian scientists faced this challenge seven decades ago when the newly independent country confronted a world rapidly advancing in science and technology. In the years that followed, they battled poor funding and archaic regulations to build India’s science infrastructure from scratch. This fascinating narrative captures the story of the struggles and triumphs of these leaders of science and the world-class institutions they founded. From the cosmic-ray experiments at the Kolar Gold Fields to ISRO’s stunning space observatory built under severe constraints, from the construction of one of the world’s largest radio telescopes in Ooty to the development of structural biology at IISc and, most recently, the significant contributions of the country’s scientific institutions towards tackling a global pandemic – Space. Life. Matter. brings to readers the path-breaking advances made by India’s scientists to original research and what they mean to the nation’s progress. Deeply informed, enlightening and inspiring, this singular, comprehensive account of the pride of place that Indian science occupies in the world is essential reading for all.
| Author: | Hari Pulakkat |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 9789391028664 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Pages: | 336 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Publisher: | Hachette |
| Edition: | First |
| Condition: | New |
| Country of Origin: | India |
About the Author
The author is a science journalist based in Bengaluru and the winner of the Indira Gandhi Prize for Popularization of Science, 2020. He has spent three decades of his career writing for the Economic Times and Businessworld. He is the editor of Shaastra, a science and technology magazine published by IIT Madras.
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