Evolution of ideas

Book>> Where good ideas come from, a natural history of innovation • by Steven Johnson • Allen Lane • US $25

In their elements

BOOK>> THE DISAPPEARING SPOON AND OTHER TRUE TALES OF MADNESS, LOVE, AND HISTORY OF THE WORLD FROM THE PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS •…

Newton, the alchemist

Book>> Clockwork Universe, Isaac Newton, the Royal Society and the Birth of Modern Science • By Edward Dolnick • Harper Collins &…

Book review of "Intelligent thought: Science versus the intelligent design"

Book>> Intelligent Thought: Science Versus the Intelligent Design Movement Edited by John Brockman Vintage New York 2007

League of extraordinary men

Book>> Seeing Further: The Story Of Science And The Royal Society • edited by Bill Bryson • Harper Press • Rs 650

Origin of Darwin

Book>> Darwin's Sacred Cause by Adrian Desmond and James Moore Allen Lane, London Price 25

Whose science should we focus on?

The current debate over ancient India's scientific feats is less about science and more about a cultural `feel good' factor

Real pride of ancient Indian science

Indian scientists are nowhere to be seen in the world you and I inhabit. This is when our modern world requires science to be integrated into …

Fabric of the byte

The development of technology and its relations with society and culture hold contemporary lessons for India

History of rational thoughts

Efforts by rationalists to spread scientific thinking have been scuttled by those in positions of power throughout history

Technology To The Core, Science and Technology with Indira Gandhi

Book>>Technology To The Core, Science And Technology With Indira Gandhi by Ashok Parthasarthi Pearson Longman 2007

Beyond DNA

Maurizio Meloni's book is a fascinating social and political history of human heredity spanning over 150 years

A sniff to save

It can detect a person buried under six metres of snow. Pervez Cama, who travelled to the Swiss Alps, traces the history of St Bernard, a dog …

History of rational thoughts

Efforts by rationalists to spread scientific thinking have been scuttled by those in positions of power throughout history

Cross-continent social networking may have existed 400,000 years ago, fire use patterns suggest

The various groups of hominins were tolerant towards one another and exchanged ideas much like modern humans

The last of the syncretic scientists

Joseph Needham's monumental work grinds to a halt after his recent demise

Advanced ancestry

Fresh research advances the date of human ancestors

Elementary order

How did elements come to be tabulated according to their properties?

Book review: The Egg and Sperm Race

Landmark control

Astronomy's orginal rebel