Hand written eye witness journal on Vasco da Gama’s historic voyage to India declared one of the World’s greatest documents

LONDON: A hand written journal of Vasco da Gama’s first voyage to India, dating back to 1497-1499 that describes how he led the first fleet around Africa to India, arriving in Calicut and starting a maritime route from Portugal to India, changing the course of history of humankind has been included in the most prestigious…

Copy right?

In continuation to our blog news titled “Why students need the right to copy” posted on April 29, 2013.   In November 2012, The Association of Students for Equitable Access to Knowledge” (ASEAK) was formed to represent students side and they filed an application for removing the injunction order against the Rameshwari Photocopying services to…

New Books Display June 2013

Indian Institute of Astrophysics Library Koramangala Bangalore – 560 034 India List of Books Displayed on 13th June 2013 1  Azzalini, Adelchi,  and Scarpa, Bruno Data analysis and data mining: an introduction.– Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. 19622 2  Benson, Donald C. The ballet of the planets: on the mathematical elegance of planetary  motion  .–…