In 1974 India joined the elite roster of nuclear world powers when it exploded its first nuclear bomb. But the technological progress that facilitated that feat was set in motion many decades before, as India sought both independence from the British and respect from the larger world. Over the course of the twentieth century, India metamorphosed from a marginal place to a serious hub of technological and scientific innovation. It is this tale of transformation that Robert S. Anderson recounts in Nucleus and Nation.
Tracing the long institutional and individual preparations for India’s first nuclear test and its consequences, Anderson begins with the careers of India’s renowned scientists—Meghnad Saha, Shanti Bhatnagar, Homi Bhabha, and their patron Jawaharlal Nehru—in the first half of the twentieth century before focusing on the evolution of the large and complex scientific community—especially Vikram Sarabhi—in the later part of the era. By contextualizing Indian debates over nuclear power within the larger conversation about modernization and industrialization, Anderson hones in on the thorny issue of the integration of science into the framework and self-reliant ideals of Indian nationalism. In this way, Nucleus and Nation is more than a history of nuclear science and engineering and the Indian Atomic Energy Commission; it is a unique perspective on the history of Indian nationhood and the politics of its scientific community.

Nucleus and Nation: Scientists, International Networks, and Power in India

History

Anderson, Robert S.

Asia

University of Chicago Press

An assessment of the failure of a major project in tropical forest management and development in India's largest remaining forest, the Bastar. Planned by international forestry experts and implemented in 1975 by the World Bank and the Indian government, the project sought to industrialize a backward region and to deal with the problem of national balance of payments. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

The Hour of the Fox: Tropical Forests, the World Bank, and Indigenous People in Central India

Huber, Walter

Business & Money

Univ of Washington Pr

Science, Politics, And The Agricultural Revolution In Asia

Brass, Paul R.

Levy, Edwin

Morrison, Barrie

Reference

Routledge

This textbook provides a modern, quantitative and process-oriented approach to equip students with the tools to understand geomorphology. Insight into the interpretation of landscapes is developed from basic principles and simple models, and by stepping through the equations that capture the essence of the mechanics and chemistry of landscapes. Boxed worked examples and real-world applications bring the subject to life for students, allowing them to apply the theory to their own experience. The book covers cutting edge topics, including the revolutionary cosmogenic nuclide dating methods and modeling, highlights links to other Earth sciences through up-to-date summaries of current research, and illustrates the importance of geomorphology in understanding environmental changes. Setting up problems as a conservation of mass, ice, soil, or heat, this book arms students with tools to fully explore processes, understand landscapes, and to participate in this rapidly evolving field.

Geomorphology: The Mechanics and Chemistry of Landscapes

Science & Math

Anderson, Suzanne P.

Earth Sciences

Cambridge University Press

"This fascinating book is written by the Hotel's most knowledgeable historian, the great-grandson of Margaret Anderson, the Hotel's founder and original owner. Robert S. Anderson shares with us his exclusive archives, fabulous photographs, and intriguing stories, gathered over decades of dedicated research." - - Edward A. Mady, General Manager

The Beverly Hills Hotel and Bungalows: The First 100 Years

Kastner, Victoria

The Beverly Hills Collection

Tectonic geomorphology is the study of the interplay between tectonic and surface processes that shape the landscape in regions of active deformation. Recent advances in the quantification of rates and physical basis of tectonic and surface processes have rejuvenated the field of tectonic geomorphology. Modern tectonic geomorphology is an exciting and highly integrative field which utilizes techniques and data derived from studies of geomorphology, seismology, geochronology, structure, geodesy, and Quaternary climate change. While emphasizing new insights from the last decade of research, Tectonic Geomorphology reviews the fundamentals of the subject which include the nature of faulting and folding, the creation and use of geomorphic markers for tracing deformation, chronological techniques which date deformation, geodetic techniques for defining recent deformation, and paleoseismologic approaches to calibrate past deformation. 
The overall focus of this book is on new interpretations of landform evolution and insights on the interplay between surface processes and tectonics that emerge from integrative studies. The authors have developed an up-to-date interpretation of landscapes in tectonically active environments for upper-level undergraduate and graduate earth science students and practicing geologists. For an instructor's image bank, please visit: http://www.geol.ucsb.edu/faculty/burbank First text to take a broad interdisciplinary approach: integrated geomorphology, geophysics, and paleoclimatology. <ul> <li>Includes the latest technological advances used in dating: Uranium series and dating and observation. 
</li> <li>Emphasizes the role of surface processes. 
</li> <li>Focuses on landscapes at different time scales. 
</li> <li>Provides strong coverage on numerical modeling of tectonically active landscapes. 
</li> <li>Presents the recent approaches to calibrating rates of uplift and erosion. 
</li> <li>Stresses the tectonics of active plate margins in a detailed yet succinct way. 
</li> <li>Contains "Chapter introductions," "Chapter summaries," and "References" that reinforce principles and theory as well as provide additional background information.</li> </ul>

Tectonic Geomorphology

Burbank, Douglas W.

Biological Sciences

Wiley/Blackwell

Anderson, Robert S., Beatty, Richard, Church, Stuart

Insects and Spiders of the World

Beatty, Richard

Church, Stuart

Nature & Ecology

Marshall Cavendish+corp

A comprehensive, sumptuously illustrated history of the legendary city and its houses, parks, and gardens, from its founding to today. Beverly Hills: The First 100 Years celebrates this city on the advent of its centennial. Famous for its movie stars and beautiful homes, its lush gardens and glorious weather, Beverly Hills has lived in our collective imagination as a paradise. This volume is an illustrated history of the city with a focus on the homes, gardens, parks, clubs, estates, and civic structures built to serve and house its storied residents. Exhaustively researched, Beverly Hills: The First 100 Years is a first-of-its-kind feast of glamorous images and exclusive stories culled from, among other sources, the author’s unmatched personal collection and includes, as well, an abundance of new photography commissioned especially for the book. A photographic tour de force and a compelling, unprecedented document, Beverly Hills: The First 100 Years offers us, as never before, the history of this great city.

Beverly Hills: The First 100 Years

Americas

Rizzoli

Science, Politics, And The Agricultural Revolution In Asia (Et Al)

Economics

Westview Press

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