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Author Sen, Joydeep.

Title Astronomy in India, 1784-1876.

Publication Info. London : Pickering & Chatto Publishers, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (283 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Astronomy -- India -- History.
Astronomy.
India.
India.
History.
SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
Astronomie.
Indien.
India.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Sen, Joydeep. Astronomy in India, 1784-1876. London : Pickering & Chatto Publishers, ©2014 9781848934566
ISBN 9781781440780 (electronic book)
1781440786 (electronic book)
1306875390 (e-book)
9781306875394 (e-book)
1848934564
9781848934566
1781444315
9781781444313
Standard No. 99962307850