1st Edition
The History and Philosophy of Science An Indian Perspective
Introduction
Nandan Bhattacharya
Part I: History of Science
1. History of Science: A brief overview
Samir K. Saha
2. Science, Society and Governance in Colonial India
Deepak Kumar
3. Evolution of Ideas from Aristotle to Newton: A Journey Towards the Unification of the Earth and the Heavens
Bichitra Kumar Guha
4. History of Ancient Indian Mathematics
Manjusha Majumdar (Tarafdar)
5. Surgery in Ancient India and Suśruta-Samhita̅
Sudipa Bandyopadhyay
6. Dr M. J. Bramley (1803 – 1837): The First Principal of Calcutta Medical College
Sankar Kumar Nath
Part II: Philosophy of Science
7. The Philosophy of Science- A Brief Understanding
Pradip Kumar Ghosh
8. Written on the Body: Agency, Representation, Deviance
Samantak Das
9. A Rationale of Āryabhata I's method for solving ax+c=by
Pradip Kumar Majumdar
10. Death Instinct in Psychoanalysis
Santanu Biswas
Part III: Emerging Issues in Bio-Medical Sciences and Health Care
11. Origin of Life on Earth
Bijan Das
12. Unraveling the fascinating world of RNA interference
Akash Mallick and Deepika Pamarthy
13. Role of additives and nutrient supplementation for enhancement of Somatic Embryogenesis in Momordica Charantia L.
Subhasree Das, Anwesh Roy, Sarmistha Sen Raychaudhuri
14. Application of cognitive ergonomics in communication: A social perspective
Somnath Gangopadhyay
15. Evolutionary trend of ecological concepts, hypothesis and theories: Perspectives on biodiversity
Sushanta Kumar Chakraborty
Biography
Nandan Bhattacharya is currently Assistant Director of UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Jadavpur University. Dr Bhattacharya received his MSc (Zoology) in 1992 and PhD (Zoology) degree in 2004 from Vidyasagar University. He has so far published several articles in reputed journals and delivered lectures in different national and international colleges and universities. He has experience in coordinating and designing the course curriculum of orientation programmes, workshops and short-term courses especially meant for college and university teachers/librarians under the UGC guideline. He is interested in ecology, education, communication skill development, science and art connection, theatre in education, forum theatre, etc. as research fields. Dr Bhattacharya is also an acclaimed stage actor and director.
