Chromosome woman, nomad scientist: E. K. Janaki Ammal, a life 1897–1984 (Record no. 361148)

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International Standard Book Number 9781032534473
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Classification number 580.92 NAI
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Personal name Nair, Savithri Preetha
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Title Chromosome woman, nomad scientist: E. K. Janaki Ammal, a life 1897–1984
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Edition statement South Asia Edition 2023
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. London
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Routledge
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2026
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Extent 611 p.
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Summary, etc. This is the first in-depth and analytical biography of an Asian woman scientist—Edavaleth Kakkat Janaki Ammal (1897–1984). Using a wide range of archival sources, it presents a dazzling portrait of the twentieth century through the eyes of a pioneering Indian woman scientist, who was highly mobile, and a life that intersected with several significant historical events—the rise of Nazi Germany and World War II, the struggle for Indian Independence, the social relations of science movement, the Lysenko affair, the green revolution, the dawn of environmentalism and the protest movement against a proposed hydro-electric project in the Silent Valley in the 1970s and 1980s.<br/>The volume brings into focus her work on mapping the origin and evolution of cultivated plants across space and time, to contribute to a grand history of human evolution, her works published in peer-reviewed Indian and international journals of science, as well as her co-authored work, Chromosome Atlas of Cultivated Plants (1945), considered a bible by practitioners of the discipline. It also looks at her correspondence with major personalities of the time, including political leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru, biologists like Cyril D. Darlington, J. B. S. Haldane and H. H. Bartlett, geographers like Carl Sauer and social activists like Hilda Seligman, who all played significant roles in shaping her world view and her science.<br/>A story spanning over North America, Europe and Asia, this biography is a must-have for scholars and researchers of science and technology studies, gender studies, especially those studying women in the sciences, history and South Asian studies. It will also be a delight for the general reader.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Natural Sciences & Botany
9 (RLIN) 19841
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2026-05-24   580.92 NAI 185938 2026-05-24 Books Not Missing Dewey Decimal Classification Not Damaged     Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library 2026-05-24 1995.00

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