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The book examines the social, socio-economic, and scientific/technological value of scientific temper, tracing its development through historical and cultural discussion, including key figures and debates. It also addresses obscurantism, the relationship between science and religion, and critiques of dogma through the method of science and its values.","ANGELS, DEVIL AND SCIENCE  \nA collection of articles on scientific temper  \nPushpa M Bhargava  \nand Chandana Chakrabarti  \nIndia is one of the ten most scientifically and technologically advanced countries in the world. Interestingly, it is also the only country where commitment to scientific temper is enshrined in the Constitution as a duty of its citizens. Juxtaposing the advancement in modern science with the serious lack of scientific temper, the articles in the book make aplea that many a superstitious belief still prevalent in the society are founded on unscientific grounds. Arguing for the urgent need to promote scientific temper as a social  \nasset, the book discusses the importance of scientific temper and its role in the country’s socio-economic as well as scientific & technological advancement. The book is a major contribution in understanding the importance of science and scientific temper.  \nProf. Pushpa M. Bhargava, the Founder-Director of Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad/ and former vice-chairman, National Knowledge Commission, New Delhi, is a vigorous advocate of scientific temper in the country. He has received more than 100 major national and international honours and awards, including the Padma Bhushan, the Legion d’Honneur from the President of France and the National Citizens Award. Currently he is a member, amongst others, of the National Security Advisory Board.  \nMs Chandana Chakrabarti was the Communications Officer with the CCMB, Hyderabad, for a decade. She has over a 100 major articles published in well-known magazines, newspapers, and books in India and abroad, and one book to her credit. She represented India at the World Youth Leadership Summit held at the UN Headquarters in New York in 1995, and has acted in several Telugu films.  \nPublished in 2008 by the  \nNATIONAL BOOK TRUST, INDIA, Price Rs. 85.00 only  \nContents  \nAcknowledgements & Abbreviations  \nI What is it All About?  \nII The Story of Scientific Temper in India in a Nutshell  \nIII Nehru and the Scientific Temper  \nIV Society for the Promotion of Scientific Temper  \nV The Scientific Outlook  \nVI Indian Society and the Scientific Temper  \nVII Obscurantism and Academics  \nVIII The Scientific Temper  \nIX The Phenomenon of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi  \nX The Method of Science and its Value System  \nXI Does Science Refute Religion?  \nXII Science and Dogma  \nXIII History of the Exhibition on the Method of Science  \nXIV A Report in Science on the Method of Science Exhibition  \nXV A Report in Nature on the Method of Science Exhibition  \nXVI A Statement on Scientific Temper  \nXVII Why the Statement on Scientific Temper  \nXVIII The Scientific Temper and the Scientific Method in Science in India through History, with Special Reference to Biology  \nXIX Secularism and Scientific Temper XX Modernity and Scientific Temper XXI The Seven Deadly Sins ofthe Clergy  \nXXII Conclusion  \nAcknowledgements  \nWe are grateful to K Mohan and Chandra Prakash for typing the manuscript and to Ganga Nair, G R Ashok Kumar and Vinod Kumar for office support.  \nAbbreviations  \n(Many of the abbreviations used have also been defined in the text) AP Andhra Pradesh  \nASWI Association of Scientific Workers of India  \nCC Chandana Chakrabarti  \nCCMB Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad CFTRI Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore  \nCSIR Council of Scientific and Industrial Research DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid (the genetic material)  \nIICT Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad  \nINSA Indian National Science Academy IRA Indian Rationalists Association ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation  \nMOSE The Method of Science Exhibition  \nNCERT National Council for Educational Research and Training NCSTC National Council for Science and Technology Communication  \nPM Prime Minister  \nPMB Pushpa M Bhargava RNA Ribonucleic acid  \nRRLH Regional Research Laboratory, Hyderabad RSS Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh  \nUAE United Arab Emir","cbCaibjFQhro2aU7","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibjFQhro2aU7","pdf",1668591,1,157,"English","en",105,"# What is it all about?\n## A statement by leading scientists\n# Story of scientific temper in India in a nutshell\n# Nehru and the scientific temper\n# Society for the promotion of scientific temper\n# Science, religion, and dogma\n## Does science refute religion?\n## Science and dogma\n# Scientific temper and the scientific method through history\n# Conclusion","[{\"question\":\"What is the book’s main purpose regarding scientific temper?\",\"answer\":\"It argues for the urgent need to promote scientific temper as a social 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