Strange! Normally, it is authors who want journals to review their books. Here, the editor of a journal was writing to the publishers and the author, soliciting a review copy! … The reviewer shamelessly admits that he has ignored the bulk of the book! To justify this strange act he…
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In some of the preceding posts I pointed out that in matters related to history and biography, the Wikipedia often serves as an instrument for propagating ill-informed prejudices of all sorts because of its systematic reliance on secondary sources, and because its contributors are often ill-informed or prejudiced. This series…
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The Wikipedist says: Raju has repeatedly accused Einstein and Newton of plagiarism. The citation is a report by the Hindu. Let us take just the case of Einstein. First, what I did was a lot more substantial. I pointed out a mistake made by Einstein, and overlooked by most researchers…
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An encyclopedia is as good or as bad as its authors, and reflects their level of knowledge, and their biases. In theory it is all very well to say that things can be corrected, but in practice it may be as difficult as correcting astrologers, because confusion abounds, together with all…
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Why did science management fail so badly in post-independence India? Are we repeating the same mistakes? Why do we mindlessly imitate the West in science and math? Why do we regard Western formal math as superior without ever having carried out a comparative evaluation? Are our science and math “experts” even capable…
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Dear Mr Pitroda, It was nice to meet and interact with you again during the AIMA meet. I’m glad that you respect my fundamental disagreement regarding the National Knowledge Commission (NKC) and have agreed to place it on the NKC website. Let me summarise my disagreement. The key mistake made…
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At the 2nd People’s Education Congress, Mumbai, March 2009, a panel is planned on history and philosophy of science in science education. At the moment the focus is on math education. For the announcement, see, http://ckraju.net/calculus/panel-hps-in-science-education-2pec.html.
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Eid has fallen on Gandhi Jayanti. Hope this augurs well for harmony.
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Dear Mr Pitroda, It was nice to meet you again at the FICCI gathering a few days ago. There wasn’t enough time for me to clarify what I was saying, so let me do so here. 1. First, I agree with you that a major change is needed in the…
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31 July 2008 is D. D. Kosambi’s 101st birthday. This is surely an occasion for historians to remember, because of Kosambi’s stature as a historian. His as-yet unmatched knowledge of languages and Indian culture (both “high” and “low”) gave tremendous depth to his pioneering account of Indian history from a…