Geek Nation
How Indian Science is Taking Over the World
$38.45
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
13 March 2012
Summary
India: it’s a nation of geeks, swots and nerds. Almost one in five of all medical and dental staff in the UK is of Indian origin, and one in six employed scientists with science or engineering doctorates in the US is Asian. By the turn of the millennium, there were even claims that a third of all engineers in Silicon Valley were of Indian origin, with Indians running 750 of its tech companies.
At the dawn of this scientific revolution, Geek Nation is a journey to meet the inv…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444710168 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444710168 |
| Author: | Angela Saini |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 13 March 2012 |
| Weight: | 211g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 17mm |
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Critics Review
This is an engaging and eye-opening exploration of a subject that traditionally we rely on cliches to understand, providing a much more informed and effective understanding of the progress of Indian technology. Recommended. - Popular Science
With engaging first-hand accounts she explores gleaming technology hubs, visits space centres and labs researching GM crops…you do get a vivid impression of a nation emerging as a scientific contender. - BBC Focus‘Those who want to understand how India is shaping up as a scientific superpower will find it a worthwhile and engaging read’. - New ScientistMany entertaining and informative stories. - Sunday TimesGEEK NATION’s emphasis on personalities and places provides an engaging introduction for those who want deeper understanding than facts and figures alone can provide. - New Scientist‘Saini has a genuine talent for describing science’. - Sunday Times Culture‘Saini’s vivid portrait of hi-tech India reveals a country in a hurry’. - FT Weekend‘Eye-opening, warmhearted and cliche-free, her book gives Indians’ minds the respect so often and so easily given to their spirit’. - WanderlustAbout The Author
Angela Saini
Born in the UK in 1980, Angela Saini is a science journalist and reports for the BBC, New Scientist, Wired and the Economist. She was named European Young Science Writer of the Year in 2009, and in 2008 won a European television news award.
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