Welcome to the list, Jahnavi....all that you do, like the sky, is right over my head!
Cheers, Deepa. On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Jahnavi Phalkey <[email protected]> wrote: > Heylo. > > It is well known already that if I do not introduce myself properly, Udhay > will unceremoniously throw me off the list. > > Otherwise, I am a historian of twentieth century science and technology - > especially physical sciences and political economy. My first book was about > the beginnings of experimental nuclear physics in India, and it is called > Atomic State: Big Science in Twentieth Century India. ( > http://permanent-black.blogspot.in/2013_06_01_archive.html) > > I studied five laboratories (out of fear that I will not find enough to > write) and wrote only about three! As a result, I might have a documentary > film to show about the world's oldest functioning atom smasher (cyclotron) > in a short while. I am still thinking of what I might do with the fifth. > > More recently, I started working on an exhibition about science in India > for the Science Museum in London. Our top idea at the moment is to focus on > Bangalore. This is what brought me to SilkList - (Thank you, Naresh). > > On a good day, I go crazy about cyclotrons, sometimes about a very > specific jet-fighter, and occasionally about national income accounting. On > other good days, I lecture at King's College London. > > Much looking forward to interacting with you all. > > Warmly, > > Jahnavi > > > J A H N A V I P H A L K E Y > > > Lecturer in History of Science and Technology > King's India Institute > King's College London > Strand, London WC2R 2LS > > t. +44 (0) 207 848 7052 > m. +44 (0) 797 080 8369 > m. +91 (0) 776 795 5639 (India) > > > http://www.orientblackswan.com/display.asp?categoryID=18&isbn=978-81-7824-376-4 > > http://www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/worldwide/initiatives/global/indiainstitute/people/jahnaviphalkey/index.aspx >
