Science & Technology - Briefs
Earliest jigsaw
85 years after it was discovered, few of the critical questions about the Indus Valley civilization are answered. The script they used is yet to …
Old wine in new bottle
Book>> Civilization: The West And The Rest • by Niall Ferguson • Penguin • Rs 450
Unpacking life
Book>>Packaging Life, Cultures of the Everyday by Pramod K Nayar Sage Publications Rs 595
The platter and the war
Book>> An Edible History of Humanity • by Tom Standage • Atlantic books • Rs 750
Poets in lab coats
Book>> The Age of Wonder, How The Romantic Generation Discovered The Beauty And Terror Of Science Pantheon Books, New York Indian Price Rs 1,000
Tales of friendship and betrayal
Documentary series>> First Australians • Written and produced by Rachel Perkins • Seven episodes
Social ants and social humans
Book>> The social conquest of earth• by Edward O Wilson • Liveright publications • Rs 1,040
Trials at sea
Book>> Round about the earth • by Joyce E Chaplin • Simon & Schuster • Rs 1,850
From the wick to the bulb
BOOK>> BRILLIANT, THE EVOLUTION OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT • Jane Brox • Houghton Miffin Harcourt • `1,000
A scholar among bureaucrats
BOOK>> HEAD COUNT, MEMOIRS OF A DEMOGRAPHER • by Ashis Bose • Penguin • `450
Savage people
Human zoos were aids to anthropologists, scientists and racial theorists in 19th century
The dying kitchen story
Book>> Cooked: A Natural History Of Transformation • by Michael Pollan • Penguin • Rs 1,400
Kitchen gadgets
Book>> Consider The Fork • By Bee Wilson • Basic Books • Rs 500
Assam and its notion of nationhood
Book>> Empire’s Garden: Assam And The Making Of India •by Jayeeta Sharma • Permanent Black • Rs 695
The ancient mariners
Book>> Beyond The Blue Horizon • by Brian Fagan • US $10 • Bloomsbury
Relevance of history
History provides important lessons in the management of the environment for administrators, conservationists and their ideologues. But have we …
Evolution basics
Evolution>> The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins Random Books, Indian Price Rs 450
‘Indian vegetarians do not eat vegetables’
Food historian and physician Manoshi Bhattacharya explains how the diet of Indians have changed over centuries
Bhutan: Pursuit of happiness
Karma Tshiteem is the secretary of the Gross National Happiness Commission, the novel name of Bhutan’s Planning Commission. He tells Aditya …
Elephanta caves: Re-carving the old magic
Working for over eight months at a stretch, the Wadars tibals arrive at Elephanta Island to recreate the old magic of the caves by breaking …
Sweet cruelty
Sugar plantations were run by African slaves who were tortured, but they also revolted against their masters
The Ice Story
Amit Shanker talks about a random photograph that helped him reveal how Americans kept British cool.
India is many, not one; has assimilated ideas from everywhere: Upcoming report
Experts on genetics, archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, philosophy and history will prepare a 600-page report on 12,000 years of India’…
Colonial straitjacket
Book>> Becoming India Western Himalayas under British Rule by Aniket Alam Foundation Books, Delhi 2008