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Geek Nation: How Indian Science is Taking Over the World
Angela Saini
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Description for Geek Nation: How Indian Science is Taking Over the World
Paperback. The fascinating story of how India is transforming itself into a global science superpower. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 202.
India: it's a nation of geeks, swots and nerds. Almost one in five of all medical and dental staff in the UK is of Indian origin, and one in six employed scientists with science or engineering doctorates in the US is Asian. By the turn of the millennium, there were even claims that a third of all engineers in Silicon Valley were of Indian origin, with Indians running 750 of its tech companies. At the dawn of this scientific revolution, Geek Nation is a journey to meet the inventors, engineers and young scientists helping to give ... Read more
India: it's a nation of geeks, swots and nerds. Almost one in five of all medical and dental staff in the UK is of Indian origin, and one in six employed scientists with science or engineering doctorates in the US is Asian. By the turn of the millennium, there were even claims that a third of all engineers in Silicon Valley were of Indian origin, with Indians running 750 of its tech companies. At the dawn of this scientific revolution, Geek Nation is a journey to meet the inventors, engineers and young scientists helping to give ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
202g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444710168
SKU
V9781444710168
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Ref
99-1
About Angela Saini
Born in the UK in 1980, Angela Saini is a science journalist and reports for the BBC, New Scientist, Wired and the Economist. She was named European Young Science Writer of the Year in 2009, and in 2008 won a European television news award.
Reviews for Geek Nation: How Indian Science is Taking Over the World
Saini is well qualified to explain why Indians are famous for being swots, nerds, dweebs, boffins and dorks , and whether India can become a scientific superpower...
Guardian
'Saini has produced an eye-opening survey of scientists in today's India...engagingly written and remarkably, GEEK NATION shatters many myths while not discouraging guarded optimism'.
Independent
'Eye-opening, warmhearted ... Read more
Guardian
'Saini has produced an eye-opening survey of scientists in today's India...engagingly written and remarkably, GEEK NATION shatters many myths while not discouraging guarded optimism'.
Independent
'Eye-opening, warmhearted ... Read more