Series: Reclaiming Genius

Book 1: Science & Mathematics

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Reclaiming Genius is a multi-volume project. This first book turns to science and mathematics: not a textbook of formulas, but a guided tour of how discovery, proof, and applied knowledge get named, taught, and remembered—who is celebrated as a “genius,” which lineages get credit in the classroom, and how much of the global story is still told through a narrow lens.

The aim is reclamation in the honest sense: read the record, give fair weight to non-Western and mixed traditions where the evidence supports it, and keep clear water between history and myth-making on all sides. Readers who care about STEM education, the history of ideas, or the politics of priority and praise should find a straight path through the argument.

Contents

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130+ pages. 20 chapters.

• Chapter 1 — Jagadish Chandra Bose — Radio Science
• Chapter 2 — Madhava and the Kerala School — Calculus
• Chapter 3 — Aryabhata — Trigonometry and Planetary Models
• Chapter 4 — Bhaskara I — Trigonometric Approximation
• Chapter 5 — Satyendra Nath Bose — Quantum Statistics
• Chapter 6 — Brahmagupta — Zero and the Rules of Numbers
• Chapter 7 — Bhaskara II — Early Concepts of Change
• Chapter 8 — Nilakantha Somayaji — Planetary Models
• Chapter 9 — C. V. Raman and K. S. Krishnan — The Raman Effect
• Chapter 10 — Visvesvaraya — Engineering Genius
• Chapter 11 — Kanada and Uddalaka Aruni — Ancient Atomic Ideas
• Chapter 12 — Wootz Steel — Metallurgy Ahead of Its Time
• Chapter 13 — Indian Navigation — Monsoon Knowledge
• Chapter 14 — Early Quantum Ideas in Indian Philosophy
• Chapter 15 — Tamil Siddhar Tradition — Chemical Sciences
• Chapter 16 — Varahamihira — Advanced Hydrology
• Chapter 17 — Navya-Nyaya — Mathematical Logic
• Chapter 18 — Environmental Chemistry Innovators
• Chapter 19 — Narayana Pandita — Combinatorics
• Chapter 20 — Mahalanobis — Foundations of Modern Statistics