With this, Science Gallery Bengaluru becomes a bridge between research and the public,” she says. “Her book The Atomic State and many articles insightfully braid the global history of science, especially nuclear science, with the anthropology of the postcolonial state to illuminate rich and textured histories of the everyday lives of science in India,” the foundation said. Young disciplineThough it has been around for a while, History of Science is a relatively young discipline, she says. “Regrettably, we do not have a degree programme in history of science at a university nor is the discipline professionalised sufficiently in India. In this task, the human, social and natural sciences will have to work together because they all bear relevance to what and how we study natural and human-induced phenomena.”

Source: The Hindu December 28, 2023 15:24 UTC