Chromosome woman, nomad scientist : E.K. Janaki Ammal, a life 1897-1984 /: E.K. Janaki Ammal, a life 1897-1984. (2022)
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- Title:
- Chromosome woman, nomad scientist : E.K. Janaki Ammal, a life 1897-1984 /: E.K. Janaki Ammal, a life 1897-1984. (2022)
- Main Title:
- Chromosome woman, nomad scientist : E.K. Janaki Ammal, a life 1897-1984
- Further Information:
- Note: Savithri Preetha Nair.
- Authors:
- Nair, Savithri Preetha
- Contents:
- List of Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgements E. K. Janaki Ammal: A Timeline Prologue 1 Tellicherry: A Modern Thiya Family 2 Madras I: Science and Politics in a Cosmopolitan City 3 Michigan I: First Lessons in Internationalism 4 Michigan II: The Private Life of Plants 5 England: Love, Tulips and Chiasmata 6 Madras II: A Flora of South India 7 Trivandrum: A Teaching Interlude 8 Trivandrum–Coimbatore–Krusadai: Unforgettable Sojourn 9 Coimbatore I: Dreaming of Russia 10 Coimbatore II: Making Order Out of Chaos 11 Great Britain I: Doing Science in the War Years 12 Merton–Kew: The Chromosome Atlas of Flowering Plants 13 Wisley I: Maker of Tetraploids 14 Nepal: A Pilgrim of Science 15 Wisley II: Craze for Chromosome Counts 16 Delhi: Director of Agriculture 17 Wisley III: The ‘Wanderings’ of Flowering Plants 18 Paris–ondon: On the Camellia Trail 19 Calcutta: Modernising Botany in India 20 Oak Ridge–nn Arbor–rinceton: Tracer Atoms and Agriculture 21 Kandy: The Humid Tropics 22 Lucknow–llahabad: The Central Botanical Laboratory 23 Jammu & Kashmir I: A Border Zone of Mixed Flora 24 Jammu & Kashmir II: High Altitude Flora, Polyploidy and Variation 25 Trombay: A Radiation Interlude 26 Madras III: The Madras Mint, Solanum and Other Stories 27 Madras IV: Forest Tracts and a Protest Movement 28 Madras–ilgiris: Hill Tribes and Secret Herbs 29 The Final Salaams Epilogue: Portrait of a Nomad Woman Scientist Archival Sources E. K. Janaki Ammal’s Publications General Bibliography Index
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- New Delhi : Routledge India
- Publication Date:
- 2022
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 580.92
Women botanists -- India -- Biography
Botany
Ethnobotany
Cytogenetics - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781000649727
9781000649680
9781003267089 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781032035482
- Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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