Chromosome Woman, Nomad Scientist

Chromosome Woman, Nomad Scientist

E. K. Janaki Ammal, A Life 1897-1984

Nair, Savithri Preetha

Taylor & Francis Ltd

11/2022

612

Dura

Inglês

9781032035482

15 a 20 dias

1360

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List of Illustrations

Foreword

Acknowledgements

E. K. Janaki Ammal: A Timeline

Prologue

1 Tellicherry: A Modern Thiya Family

2 Madras I: Science and Politics in a Cosmopolitan City

3 Michigan I: First Lessons in Internationalism

4 Michigan II: The Private Life of Plants

5 England: Love, Tulips and Chiasmata

6 Madras II: A Flora of South India

7 Trivandrum: A Teaching Interlude

8 Trivandrum-Coimbatore-Krusadai: Unforgettable Sojourn

9 Coimbatore I: Dreaming of Russia

10 Coimbatore II: Making Order Out of Chaos

11 Great Britain I: Doing Science in the War Years

12 Merton-Kew: The Chromosome Atlas of Flowering Plants

13 Wisley I: Maker of Tetraploids

14 Nepal: A Pilgrim of Science

15 Wisley II: Craze for Chromosome Counts

16 Delhi: Director of Agriculture

17 Wisley III: The 'Wanderings' of Flowering Plants

18 Paris-ondon: On the Camellia Trail

19 Calcutta: Modernising Botany in India

20 Oak Ridge-nn Arbor-rinceton: Tracer Atoms and Agriculture

21 Kandy: The Humid Tropics

22 Lucknow-llahabad: The Central Botanical Laboratory

23 Jammu & Kashmir I: A Border Zone of Mixed Flora

24 Jammu & Kashmir II: High Altitude Flora, Polyploidy and Variation

25 Trombay: A Radiation Interlude

26 Madras III: The Madras Mint, Solanum and Other Stories

27 Madras IV: Forest Tracts and a Protest Movement

28 Madras-ilgiris: Hill Tribes and Secret Herbs

29 The Final Salaams

Epilogue: Portrait of a Nomad Woman Scientist

Archival Sources

E. K. Janaki Ammal's Publications

General Bibliography

Index
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Tamil Nadu;Michigan Herbarium;Janaki Ammal;Hortus Malabaricus;Birbal Sahni Institute;Costus Speciosus;Indian Flora;Indian Science Congress;Indian National Science Academy;Royal Holloway College;Saccharum Spontaneum;Banaras Hindu University;Tata Memorial Hospital;Pollen Mother Cells;Solanum Khasianum;Coimbatore Agricultural College;Archipelagic Thinking;Caryota Urens;Genetics Congress;Black Mulberry;University Of Michigan Herbarium;Padma Shri;Sacred Heart High School;Padma Bhushan;Genus Capsicum