Growing the Tree of Science: Homi Bhabha and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

by Indira Chowdhury

How does a premier institute of science come into being? How does it foster a culture promoting free thinking and original research? What impact do the policies of a newly independent nation have on the way it functions? Exploring such themes and analysing the dissonances between institutional records and individual recollections, this book narrates the unique history of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199466904
• ISBN13: 9780199466900
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.8"