Swami Vivekananda - An Intuitive Scientist

Author: T G K Murthy
Publisher: Sri Ramakrishna Math
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 156
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788178236261

Description

The author, a person of scientific pursuits and thinking, deals with various aspects of Swamiji’s ideas, drawing parallels from various scientific works and explores the role of intuition in scientific discoveries.

This first edition of this book was brought out in may 2011 by Sri Nithyananda Prakashana,, Bangalore.

Contents

Publisher’s Note
Messages
Foreword
Author’s Note

1. An Overview of the book
2. Swami Vivekananda – A Brief Life Sketch
3. Classical Science and Intuitive Science

A) Classical Science
B) Intuitive Science

4. Role of Intuition in Science and New Discoveries
5. Eurekas !
6. Man’s quest for truth and Swami Vivekananda’s Contributions
7. Swami Vivekananda on Physics

A) On theory of Relativity
B) On Theory of Unity

8. Swami Vivekananda on Biological Sciences
9. Swami Vivekananda on Chemical Sciences
10. Swami Vivekananda as an Intuitive Scientist
11. Elements of Scientific Method
12. In Intuitive Knowledge Scientific?
13. How to Develop our Intuition
14. Intuitive Knowledge Development
15. Intuition and Extraordinary Sense-Perception
16. Integrated Personality – Knowledge Synthesis of East and West
17. Evolution of on integrated personality
18. Role of Intuition / Imagination in Creative Science
19. Ancient Intuitive Scientific Knowledge
20. Epilogue

Appendices

21. Darwin, Evolution and the perfect man (From Conversation and Dialogues of Swami Vivekananda)
22. The Cosmos – The Macrocosm, (Lecture Delivered in New York by Swami Vivekananda)
23. The Story of John D. Rockefeller
24. Jamsetji N. Tata’s Letter to Swami Vivekananda
25. Naren will teach others

References
Glossary
About the Author
List of Illustrations