Geek Nation : How Indian Science Is Taking Over The World (Hardcover)

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At the dawn of this scientific revolution, Geek Nation is a journey to meet the inventors, engineers and young scientists helping to give birth to the world's next scientific superpower a nation built not on conquest, oil or minerals, but on ht scientific ingenuity of its people. Angela Saini explains how ancient science is giving way to new, and how the technology of the wealthy is passing on to the poor.

Delving inside the psyche of India's science-hungry citizens, she explores the reason why the government of the most religious country on earth has put its faith in science and technology. Through witty first-hand reportage and penetrative analysis, Geek Nation explains what this means for the rest of the world, and how a spiritual nation squares its soul with hard rationality Full of curious, colourful characters and gripping stories, it describes India through it people a nation of geeks.

About the Author :

Born in the UK in 1980, Angela Saini is a science journalist and reports for the BBC, New Scientist, Wired and the Economist. She was named European Young Science Writer of the Year in 2009, and in 2008 won a European television news award.

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By Khwairakpam Rajen Singh, 24/11/2011 12:08:33

I was about to stop reading the book when I was nearing end of the chapter " Chariot Gods". But after copleting the whole chapter I continued reading the whole book.She is able to put the conflicting views of the Hindu rejectionists, like Ms. Meera Nanda (JNU) and Mr. Edamaruku of Indian Rationalist Association to the Hindu chauvinist like Shri Subbarao Narayan and Shri Sunderaj Chandrasekhar of Academy of Sanskrit Research. She concluded the conflicting of both sides with the middle views of Prof Narasimha Murthy of IISc, Blore. Prof Murthy is an atheist with profound knowledge of Sanskrit and Vedas. She narrates stories of establishing IT company in India to the selling & producing Bt Cotton and Bt Brinjal in India from what we already knew. Its an interesting reading.

Rajen Singh
IMPHAL, MANIPUR (INDIA)

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