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

by Robert S. Anderson

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226019756
• ISBN13: 9780226019758
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 736 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"