Creativity from the Periphery
Dasgupta, Deepanwita
Science is usually known by its most successful figures and resource-rich institutions. In stark contrast, [this book] draws our attention to unknown figures in science--those who remain marginalized, even neglected, within its practices. Researchers in early twentieth-century colonial India, for example, have made significant contributions to the stock of scientific knowledge and have provided science with new breakthroughs and novel ideas, b...