The Shaping of Indian Science: 1948-1981This is a compendium of the speeches of the Presidents of the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) from 1914-2003. Through the years, these Presidents have inspired the Congress by their speeches-some of them visionary, some impassioned in their plea for Science, but all of them with a message that Science must be used for the good of the human race. |
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Message from the Honourable Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee vii | 580 |
The Present Concept of the Physical World | 635 |
Science and our Problems | 648 |
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