The unprecedented explosion of knowledge in various spheres during the last few decades, has resulted in the proliferation of subjects of study and research. The emergence of Nuclear Sciences, Space Sciences, Biotechnology, Information Technology, Bioinformatics, Management Sciences, Financial and Economic Disciplines has radically changed man’s attitudes and outlook in life. This dictionary has brought together at one place 3600 subjects covering Arts, Humanities, Business, Commerce, Science, Technology, engineering, Medical Sciences, etc. together with their definitions and short explanations. It will be useful particularly to librarians, career guidance counselors and students.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR R.L.N. Shastri
Dr. R.L.N. Shastri, (Born on 2-12-1928 at Masreas) took his D.Sc. Degree from the Andhra University Visakhapatnam in 1958, in Botany and was on the faculty of the Andhra University for 17 years. During that period, he had wide ranging experience of teaching graduate branches of Botany. From 1959-61 he was at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA on a Fullbringht Fellowship. He shifted to Telugu Akademi, Hyderabad in 1969 and retired there as Deputy Director in 1987. Telugu Akademi published several textbooks, translatioins, monographs, popular books and dictionaries written by Dr. Sastri. In additin he published nearly 1500 articles in English and Telugu on popular science in various reputed newspapers and magazines (including several radio talks) from 1949 onwards. He was awarded “Jammi Sakuntala Memorial Award†for science writing in Telugu by the Science Writers Association, in Telugu for the year 2000.
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