The making of the Indian atomic bomb : science, secrecy and the postcolonial state
Material type: TextPublication details: New Delhi Orient Longman 1999Description: 180pISBN: 9788125016151Subject(s): Nuclear nonproliferation | Nuclear weapons | Nuclear weapons--Testing--Law and legislation | India | Atomic bombDDC classification: 355.8251190954 Summary: This book is the first serious historical account of the development of India s nuclear programme and of how the bomb came to be made. It is also a pioneering exploration of the sociology of science in a Third World context and offers a radically new argument about the Indian state and its post-colonial crisis of legitimacy.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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This book is the first serious historical account of the development of India s nuclear programme and of how the bomb came to be made. It is also a pioneering exploration of the sociology of science in a Third World context and offers a radically new argument about the Indian state and its post-colonial crisis of legitimacy.
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