Chromosome Woman, Nomad Scientist: E. K. Janaki Ammal, A Life 1897-1984

This volume:
* is the first in-depth and archive-based analytical biography of an Asian woman scientist
* presents a dazzling portrait of the twentieth century through the eyes of a pioneering Indian woman scientist- the rise of Nazi Germany and World War II, the struggle for Indian Independence, the social relations of science movement, the Lysenko affair, the so-called green revolution, the dawn of environmentalism