The Global Science Race
A reflection on how China became a world knowledge power engine, pushing behind the US and other Western countries, and what Indian universities can learn from it…
Books & Reading
I read across physics, history, philosophy, education, literature, and technology to understand not only systems of knowledge, but also the structure of human civilisation.
Currently Reading
The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World
Explores how international student mobility, branch campuses, for-profit models, and global university rankings are fueling a worldwide "brain race" and transforming the landscape of higher education.
Reading List by Theme
Quantum, Science & Technology
- Quantum Story: A History in 40 Moments — Jim Baggott
- Six Easy Pieces — Richard Feynman
- Dreams of a Final Theory — Steven Weinberg
- Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies — Nick Bostrom
Education & Policy
- The Great University Con — David Craig and Hugh Openshaw
- Creative Schools — Ken Robinson
- Education and the Significance of Life — Jiddu Krishnamurti
- Summerhill — A. S. Neill
- The Smartest Kids in the World — Amanda Ripley
- Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window — Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Philosophy of Science
- Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction — Samir Okasha
- The Logic of Scientific Discovery — Karl Popper
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions — Thomas S. Kuhn
- The Meaning of It All — Richard Feynman