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The instrumental Brahmin and the “half-caste” computer: Astronomy and colonial rule in Madras, 1791–1835

What did science make possible for colonial rule? How was science in turn marked by the knowledge and practices of those under colonial rule? Here I approach these questions via the social history of Madras Observatory. Constructed in 1791 by the East India Company, the observatory was to provide lo...

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Autor principal: Prashant Kumar, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10466975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35466747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00732753221090435

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