Astronomy in India, 1784-1876.

By:

Sen, Joydeep

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Science and culture in the nineteenth centuryPublication details: London : Pickering & Chatto Publishers, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (283 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781781440780
1781440786
1306875390
9781306875394

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Astronomy in India, 1784-1876.DDC classification:

520.954

LOC classification:

QB18 .A384 2014

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Contents:

Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Researching the Past, 1784-c. 1830; 2. Astronomy in the Observatories, c. 1800-c. 1860; 3. Constructing Knowledge, c. 1830-c. 1860; 4. Astronomy in the Colleges, c. 1800-c. 1860; 5. Backwards and Forwards, c. 1860-1876; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

Summary: Covering the period from the foundation of the Asiatick Society in 1784 to the establishment of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in 1876, Sen explores the relationship between Indian astronomers and the colonial British.

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Covering the period from the foundation of the Asiatick Society in 1784 to the establishment of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in 1876, Sen explores the relationship between Indian astronomers and the colonial British.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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