Category Archives: history

A History of India Volumes 1 and 2 – Antonova, Bongard-Levin, Kotovsky

Posted on May 4, 2018 by The Mitr

In this post, we will see two volumes of the book A History of India by  K. Antonova, G.  Bongard-Levin, and G. Kotovsky. About the books: Soviet historians compiled and published a four-volume History of India in 1959-1969 which was well received … Continue reading →

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Man and Animals – Dmitriyev

Posted on January 27, 2017 by The Mitr

In this post we will see Man and Animals by Yuri Dmitriyev. Man’s life on Earth is bound up fast with animals, birds, and fish t insects and beasts, octopi and worms. But over the millennia Man’s relationships with animals … Continue reading →

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Something Called Nothing – Podolny

Posted on November 24, 2013 by The Mitr

The present book relates the history of views, the development of ideas, often ones that are still in the making. In this post we will see a book about nothing! The curios title of the book is Something Called Nothing … Continue reading →

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In the Search for Beauty – Smilga

Posted on April 30, 2013 by The Mitr

In an earlier post we have seen a wonderful book on special relativity titled Relativity and Man by V. Smilga. In that post, it was pointed out another book by this wonderful author titled In theSearch for Beauty, which has … Continue reading →

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The Riddles of Three Oceans – Kondratov

Posted on September 4, 2012 by damitr

We now come to a book titled The Riddles of Three Oceans by Alexander Kondratov. As the title suggests the book is about mysteries which are scattered throughout the three major oceans, namely, Atlantic, Pacific and the Indian. In this … Continue reading →

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Matter and Man – Vasilyev, Stanyukovich

Posted on September 4, 2012 by damitr

We come to a book by M. Vasilyev, K. Stanyukovich titled Matter and Man. The book talks about the various aspects of matter and how man (humans!) has come to control them and use them. The book thematically explores solids, … Continue reading →

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Metals and Man – Vasilyev

Posted on September 4, 2012 by damitr

We come to a book by M. Vasilyev whose book Matter and Man we saw earlier. This book is similarly titled Metals and Man. There is another Vasilyev, namely N. B. Vasilyev, whose book with V.L. Gutenmacher titled Straight Lines … Continue reading →

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Probabilities of the Quantum World – Daniel Danin

Posted on July 21, 2012 by damitr

What can take place of a particular interpretation? Only another interpretation – nothing else. We now come to Daniel Danin‘s book titled Probabilities of the Quantum World. The book traces the history of ideas in the conceptual development of Quantum … Continue reading →

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Energy and Entropy – Alekseev

Posted on July 8, 2012 by damitr

This title has been quite in demand, and rightly so! This is one of the most wonderful books that I have come across. So here it is!! Energy and Entropy by G. A. Alekseev Back cover of the book says: … Continue reading →

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Special Theory of Relativity – Ugarov

Posted on July 7, 2012 by damitr

After the two books on General Relativity (GR) viz. STG and RTG, we come to a great textbook on Special Theory of Relativity (STR). This one is by V. A. Ugarov titled Special Theory of Relativity. This book is a … Continue reading →

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