The man who harvests sunshine

Fülszöveg

Professor Swaminathan has been acclaimed by TIME ''I Magazine as one of the most influential Asians of the ^ ZO'** century and one of the only three from India, the other
two being Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore. \ This book honours a great man, Monkombu Sambasivan i Swaminathan, one of the greatest scientists of our times, the father of the Green Revolution in India.
^ This book is at once a journalistic tour de force of i Dr. Swaminathan's life and work in progress, a scientiflc ' inquiry, a sociological commentary and a travelogue
I am sure this book, written in a racy, often poetic style, with , j an acute sense of observation and humour, will fascinate and ' enrich the readers as much as it has edified me.
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Lakshmi Puri Former Indian Ambassador to Hungary
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4 The book consists of a brilliant, continuous interview ~f with Professor Swaminathan. We are taken through his experience as a State Secretary for Agriculture in the Indian ¦ government, as a Director... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Professor Swaminathan has been acclaimed by TIME ''I Magazine as one of the most influential Asians of the ^ ZO'** century and one of the only three from India, the other
two being Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore. \ This book honours a great man, Monkombu Sambasivan i Swaminathan, one of the greatest scientists of our times, the father of the Green Revolution in India.
^ This book is at once a journalistic tour de force of i Dr. Swaminathan's life and work in progress, a scientiflc ' inquiry, a sociological commentary and a travelogue
I am sure this book, written in a racy, often poetic style, with , j an acute sense of observation and humour, will fascinate and ' enrich the readers as much as it has edified me.
i
Lakshmi Puri Former Indian Ambassador to Hungary
K
4 The book consists of a brilliant, continuous interview ~f with Professor Swaminathan. We are taken through his experience as a State Secretary for Agriculture in the Indian ¦ government, as a Director General of the Rice Research Institute in the Philippines, and as the founder of his own research foundation in Madras
Science and Technology have been, and will continue -to be, major factors for industrial development and eco-^ nomic growth. We therefore need great scientists that not only achieve important results, but also organise and perform research and set an example in their own countries. =
Maurizio Iaccarino Professor of Microbiology at the University of Naples Vissza