Arnab Rai Choudhuri
Biographic Data
| ID | 6458783 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arnab Rai Choudhuri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arnab Rai |
| FAMILY NAME | Choudhuri |
| SIGNATURE | CHOUDHURI A R |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Professor Govind Swarup's Contributions to Indian Science
Professor Govind Swarup FRS, the doyen of Indian astrophysics, passed away on 7 August 2020 at 9 pm. In this short tribute to 'The Father of Indian Radio Astronomy', I want to write about him from a personal perspective, primarily in a non-radio astronomical context
The FRS nomination of Sir Prafulla C. Ray and the correspondence of N. R. Dhar
Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray (1861–1944) was the first Indian chemist to achieve high international reputation. Originally trained at the University of Edinburgh, he worked for many years at Presidency College in Calcutta and then at Calcutta University. He built up a remarkable school of chemical research by attracting many outstanding students to work with him and published about 150 papers—many of them in leading British and German journals. Ray w…
Practising Western Science Outside the West
Modern science, which was an indigenous product of Western culture, is now being practised in many non-Western countries. This paper discusses the peculiar social, cultural and intellectual problems which scientists of these non-Western countries face in adopting Western science in their situations, with special reference to India. It is pointed out that, in addition to money and communication, it is necessary to have a proper psychological gesta…
Practising Western Science Outside the West
Modern science, which was an indigenous product of Western culture, is now being practised in many non-Western countries. This paper discusses the peculiar social, cultural and intellectual problems which scientists of these non-Western countries face in adopting Western science in their situations, with special reference to India. It is pointed out that, in addition to money and communication, it is necessary to have a proper psychological gesta…
Practising Western Science Outside the West
Modern science, which was an indigenous product of Western culture, is now being practised in many non-Western countries. This paper discusses the peculiar social, cultural and intellectual problems which scientists of these non-Western countries face in adopting Western science in their situations, with special reference to India. It is pointed out that, in addition to money and communication, it is necessary to have a proper psychological gesta…
The FRS nomination of Sir Prafulla C. Ray and the correspondence of N. R. Dhar
Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray (1861–1944) was the first Indian chemist to achieve high international reputation. Originally trained at the University of Edinburgh, he worked for many years at Presidency College in Calcutta and then at Calcutta University. He built up a remarkable school of chemical research by attracting many outstanding students to work with him and published about 150 papers—many of them in leading British and German journals. Ray w…
Professor Govind Swarup's Contributions to Indian Science
Professor Govind Swarup FRS, the doyen of Indian astrophysics, passed away on 7 August 2020 at 9 pm. In this short tribute to 'The Father of Indian Radio Astronomy', I want to write about him from a personal perspective, primarily in a non-radio astronomical context
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