Madras 1922 Hand Book: Indian Science Congress [Hardcover]

About the book:- This small handbook to the city of Madras was released as a souvenir for the delegates participating in the 9th meeting of the Indian Science Congress, at Madras. Compiled in the manner of most hand-books, this edition starts with a short note on the history of the city, and proceeds to describe the notable monuments, the Connemara library, the British Museum; it further offers resumes on general education, medical education, water works and supplies. The last few chapters notice the pre-historic archaeology and geological structure of the presidency, marine zoology, the biological works, etc. This book has eight plates of the former presidents of the Congress, and was first published in 1922. Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) is a premier scientific organisation of India with headquarters at Kolkata, West Bengal. The association started in the year 1914 in Kolkata and it meets annually in the first week of January. It has a membership of more than 30,000 scientists. The first Indian Science Congress was held in 1914 at the Asiatic Society in Calcutta. After pseudo-scientific speeches at the 2019 Indian Science Congress, the congress has established a policy that requires speakers at future conferences to be vetted and scrutinizes the content of their talks. Several prominent Indian and foreign scientists, including Nobel laureates, attend and speak the congress. The Title 'Madras 1922 Hand Book: Indian Science Congress written/authored/edited by ', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121236201 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 175 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-