Download or read book Scientific Bengal written by Chittabrata Palit and published by Gyan Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Social history of science, it comprises essays in the history of science, technology, Medicine and environment in colonial Bengal, which was the first conquered colony of British India, bridgehead of all British projects in the rest of India and the Seconding board of all British theories and practices of science. The issues discussed in this volume can be easily generalized and applied in other case studies in India at both Macro and Micro levels.