| Needham/NRI2/SCC2/9 contains: |
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| 27 |
Joseph Needham's notes on A. Berriedale Keith's 'The Period of the Later Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads' |
| 28 |
Letter from Dale Riepe of the University of North Dakota, U.S.A. about his book entitled 'Philosophical Foundations of Indian Naturalistic and Protoscientific Thought', and Joseph Needham's reply |
| 29 |
Letter from Abdul Rahman of the Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, India, about Joseph Needham's visit to India and the establishment of a History of Science Library in India |
| 30 |
Correspondence with Abdul Rahman of the Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, India discussing the establishment of a History of Science Library in India, and other matters |
| 31 |
Correspondence relating to the attendance of Abdul Rahman of the Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, India at an International Congress of the History of Science in Barcelona, September 1959 |
| 32 |
Correspondence with J. B. S. Haldane at the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, about his study of traditional modes of Indian thought in relation to the modern scientific view of the World |
| 33 |
Correspondence with Abdul Rahman of the Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, India discussing Rahman's appointment as Director of a project on Medieval India and other matters |
| 34 |
Correspondence relating to proposed research in the field of Philosophy of Science by S.C. Kapoor of India |
| 35 |
Letter from J. B. S. Haldane at the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India about the work of Subodh Kumar Roy on producing double drops and the young Bengali poet, Asit Kumar |
| 36 |
Letter from Helen Spurway at the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, describing the work of Mirza H. K. Beg in attempting to imitate a method of sericulture observed in Shantung in 1957, and other matters |
| 37 |
Brochure advertising 'The Indian National Bibliography' produced by The Central Reference Library of India, 1958 |
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine
| Title |
Correspondence with J. B. S. Haldane at the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, about his study of traditional modes of Indian thought in relation to the modern scientific view of the World |
| Reference |
SCC2/9/32 |
| Creator |
Haldane, J.B.S.; Needham, Joseph. |
| Covering Dates |
30 Apr. 1959–26 May 1959 |
| Extent and Medium |
2 documents; Paper |
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| Content and context |
Haldane's letter discusses the work of his colleague, Subodh Kumar Roy on creating double harvests. He also discusses the work of K. R. Dronamraju on how 'the aesthetic preferences of insects matter to a plant's effective fertility'. |
| Index Terms |
| Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson (1892-1964) geneticist and evolutionary biologist |
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