The Making of the Indian Atomic Bomb : Science, Secrecy and the Post-Colonial State

TitleThe Making of the Indian Atomic Bomb : Science, Secrecy and the Post-Colonial State
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1999
AuthorsAbraham, Itty
Number of Pages189
PublisherOrient BlackSwan
CityNew Delhi
ISBN Number978-81-250-1615-1
AbstractThis book is the first serious historical account of the development of India’s nuclear programme and of how the bomb came to be made. It is also a pioneering exploration of the sociology of science in a Third World context and offers a radically new argument about the Indian state and its post-colonial crisis of legitimacy.
Short TitleThe Making of the Indian Atomic Bomb