Abha Sur
Biographic Data
| ID | 3856430 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abha Sur |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abha |
| FAMILY NAME | Sur |
| SIGNATURE | SUR A |
| AFFILIATIONS | IIT@MIT |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Contradictions of colonialism
Civilizing Natures: Race, Resources, and Modernity in Colonial South India, by Kavita Philip, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2004, 248 pp., paperback. The crisis in anthropology, George S
Dispersed Radiance
Research Article| March 01 2001 Dispersed Radiance: Women Scientists in C. V. Raman's Laboratory Abha Sur Abha Sur abha sur is a lecturer in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at M.I.T. A physical chemist by training, she now writes on the history of modern science in India. She is currently working on a book on nationalism, gender, and caste in modern Indian science. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Meridia…
Another Reason
Aesthetics, Authority, and Control in an Indian Laboratory
Through the 1940s and 1950s the foremost Indian physicist, C. V. Raman, was embroiled in a scientific controversy concerning crystal dynamics with Max Born, a leading physicist in Europe. This essay analyzes the nature of the incommensurability between theory and experiment. It also examines briefly the aesthetic and cultural constraints on the development and reception of the points of contention, the stylistic and rhetorical forms of the argume…
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Aesthetics, Authority, and Control in an Indian Laboratory
Through the 1940s and 1950s the foremost Indian physicist, C. V. Raman, was embroiled in a scientific controversy concerning crystal dynamics with Max Born, a leading physicist in Europe. This essay analyzes the nature of the incommensurability between theory and experiment. It also examines briefly the aesthetic and cultural constraints on the development and reception of the points of contention, the stylistic and rhetorical forms of the argume…
Another Reason
Dispersed Radiance
Research Article| March 01 2001 Dispersed Radiance: Women Scientists in C. V. Raman's Laboratory Abha Sur Abha Sur abha sur is a lecturer in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at M.I.T. A physical chemist by training, she now writes on the history of modern science in India. She is currently working on a book on nationalism, gender, and caste in modern Indian science. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Meridia…
Contradictions of colonialism
Civilizing Natures: Race, Resources, and Modernity in Colonial South India, by Kavita Philip, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2004, 248 pp., paperback. The crisis in anthropology, George S
Sociology (3 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · World Wide Web (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Art (1 work)