{"id":28960,"date":"2020-08-15T05:30:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T10:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=28960"},"modified":"2020-08-14T20:25:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T01:25:27","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-professor-somaditya-banerjees-new-book-examines-making-of-modern-physics-in-colonial-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2020\/08\/15\/austin-peay-state-university-professor-somaditya-banerjees-new-book-examines-making-of-modern-physics-in-colonial-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University professor Somaditya Banerjee\u2019s new book examines making of modern physics in colonial India"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – Dr. Somaditya \u201cSoma\u201d Banerjee, an assistant professor at the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Department of History and Philosophy, has published a book that examines how modern physics developed in colonial India early in the 20th century. <\/p>\n

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Austin Peay State University professor Somaditya Banerjee poses outside the new Ann R. Ross Bookstore with his book. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cThe Making of Modern Physics in Colonial India\u201d offers a cultural history of the remarkable rise of physics in India during the first half of the 20th century, focusing on Indian physicists Satyendranath Bose, Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman and Meghnad Saha.<\/p>\n

The book argues that the groundbreaking colonial science of Bose, Saha and Raman was a part of the development of Indian nationalism and their internationally acclaimed interventions in physics helped produce an original program of scientific research.<\/p>\n

Bose, Raman and Saha were celebrated scientists in the revolutionary field of quantum physics, internationally renowned for the Bose-Einstein statistics, the Raman Effect and the Saha ionization equation, respectively. Raman\u2019s discovery in 1928 led to the first-ever Nobel Prize awarded to a scientist from Asia in 1930. <\/p>\n

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Austin Peay State University professor Somaditya Banerjee\u2019s new book \u201cThe Making of Modern Physics in Colonial India\u201d. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n

The book argues that these physicists\u2019 pursuit of modern science served as an instrument of India\u2019s ultimate independence from the United Kingdom. <\/p>\n

\u201cBanerjee grapples skillfully with a crucial question \u2013 how was early 20th<\/sup> century India able to develop advanced physics research while under colonial rule?\u201d writes Matthew Stanley, a professor of the history of science at New York University. \u201c(This book) powerfully demonstrates how a postcolonial analysis can reveal an entirely new chapter in the history of modern physics.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Banerjee\u2019s book is available as a hardback or eBook at www.routledge.com<\/a>. Here\u2019s the direct link<\/a>. <\/p>\n

To learn more about the APSU Department of History and Philosophy at APSU, go to www.apsu.edu\/history-and-philosophy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more about Dr. Banerjee, visit www.apsu.edu\/history-and-philosophy\/faculty\/banerjee.php<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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