With scientific developments, certain new technologies based on such scientific principles have now been adopted worldwide. This has resulted in complete or partial eradication of some old technologies. Changes in technologies have become more apparent after the midtwentieth century. The world prosperity has improved now, and constrains of the Second World War are no longer felt. Thus the light production using incandescent lightbulb has now become a thing of the past, while fluorescence-b...

This book is about the ignorance of the learned.Of all the civilisations of the world, India’s was one of the oldest and most scientific, but it met its grave in the land of its birth at the hands of its own people.Religion was deliberately misconstrued by sinister and vested interests for commercial gains and to hold sway over the people.The result we are now a nation of mental weaklings.Other religions of the world fare no better. The Church ruled science. Galileo’s case is exemplary. Isla...

What if India's most ancient practices contain its most advanced science?For too long, Hindu idol worship has been misunderstood, dismissed as primitive ritualism by those who fail to see the sophisticated scientific principles embedded within every gesture, every symbol, every sacred act. In this groundbreaking work,the author dismantles centuries of misconception to reveal an extraordinary truth: that the temples of India are repositories of encoded scientific knowledge, and its d...

The British East India Company and the Asiatic Society employed a well-planned, three-pronged missionary, historical, and academic assault on Indian education and culture to subjugate and fleece India. Friedrich Max Muller (18231900) was a missionary sent to India, masquerading as a Sanskrit scholar while he had not met any Indian scholar or had knowledge of Sanskrit before coming to India. He was hired at the age of twenty-four years in 1847 to translate the Vedas into English. If the Bri...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of India’s public services and bureaucratic systems, and explores why widespread corruption and inefficient delivery have slowed development. It:discusses the underlying reasons for the prevailing inefficiency in public servicesexamines the complex linkages between ethics-based public service, India’s cultural and spiritual heritage, and its current economic development model; andoutlines ways to create an ethics...

This book presents emerging contemporary optical techniques of ultrafast science which have opened entirely new vistas for probing biological entities and processes. The spectrum reaches from time-resolved imaging and multiphoton microscopy to cancer therapy and studies of DNA damage. The book displays interdisciplinary research at the interface of physics and biology. Emerging topics on the horizon are also discussed, like the use of squeezed light, frequency combs and terahertz imaging a...

This book includes best selected, high-quality research papers presented at International Conference on Data Driven Computing and IoT (DDCIoT 2021) organized jointly by Geetanjali Institute of Technical Studies (GITS), Udaipur, and Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, India, during March 20–21, 2021. This book presents influential ideas and systems in the field of data driven computing, information technology, and intelligent systems.

This specially curated collection features six reviews of current and key research on genetic modification of crops.The first chapter reviews key challenges facing banana production, primarily the risk of species decimation by diseases such as Fusarium wilt, and considers how genetic modification may be a solution to this.The second chapter discusses the development and establishment of ‘Golden Rice’ - a biofortified variety designed as a health interventio...

Reviews key developments in understanding crop physiology and genetic diversity and how they have informed advances in breeding new varietiesCoverage of advances across the value chain for grain legume cultivation, from variety selection to post-harvest storageDiscusses the latest trends in disease, insect pest and weed management

'Gently challenging, deeply empowering,' Julia Samuel, Sunday Times bestselling author of This Too Shall Pass"Some people don’t like me”“Bad things will happen to people I love”“I’m going to fail”… these words underpinned my anxieties and nightmares. I bet they feature in yours too.Our fears are anchored in the unavoidable truths of life; all things reach an end, bad things happen, and we ...

Do you really think Dhruv is the one and only electron always revolving around Nitin? If not, he surely is going in circles, hoping to find the era of brotherhood. Old times or new ones, battles are held, someone loses and someone wins. There is no enemy but a battle with best friends. Is there a winner or who is the looser? When he moved to hostel, if only he had known that the turn he was going to take would change the whole radius! Though a blind spot is coming next, he may collide or m...

THE PERFECT, THOUGHTFUL GIFT FOR THE MUM IN YOUR LIFE!This isn't a parenting book.This isn't a guide to being a perfect parent (spoiler: they don't exist)This is a book about you.We can only anchor, nurture, nourish and instill confidence in our children when we extend the same support to ourselves. After all, how can we effectively tend to our children's needs when our energy reserves are dep...