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Author Sen, Joydeep

Title Astronomy in India, 1784-1876
Published London : Pickering & Chatto Publishers, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (283 pages)
Series Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
Science and culture in the nineteenth century.
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Astronomy -- India -- History
SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
Astronomy
Astronomie
SUBJECT India
Subject India
Indien
India.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781781440780
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