M.G.K. Menon - Statesman of Indian Science

• Published in: Resonance Vol. 24; no. 11; pp. 1189 - 1233
• Main Authors: Mondal, Naba K., Raychaudhuri, Sreerup
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi Springer India 01.11.2019
• Subjects: Education; General Article; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Science; Science Education; elementary particles; KGF; mesons; Cosmic rays

This article is a brief biography and appreciation of the late M.G.K. Menon, a scientist and administrator of towering abilities, whose seminal role in the development of post-colonial Indian science often gets discounted in comparison with some of his more eye-catching contemporaries. And yet Menon...