M-60. Random Harvest: Biographical Sketches

Abstract

This is a companion volume to the Anthology of Editorials by Dr. B.P. Radhakrishna brought out as Memoir 51 of the Society in 2003. The current volume deals exclusively with biographical sketches and tributes to renowned earth scientists and scientists of India and other countries, sketches of public figures and benefactors with path-breaking contributions to our society and portraits of personal friends, colleagues and associates with exceptional qualities. Even for the layman, these essays are of value and relevance in highlighting some of the major issues in geology in simple terms, and in acquainting them with some of the best minds that have shaped geological science in India and abroad as a part of the larger human heritage.