Chromosome woman, nomad scientist : E.K. Janaki Ammal, a life 1897-1984 / Savithri Preetha Nair.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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<I><P>List of Illustrations </I></P><I><P>Foreword </I></P><I><P>Acknowledgements </I></P><I><P>E. K. Janaki Ammal: A Timeline </I></P><I><P>Prologue </I></P><P>1 Tellicherry: A Modern Thiya Family </P><P>2 Madras I: Science and Politics in a Cosmopolitan City </P><P>3 Michigan I: First Lessons in Internationalism</P><P>4 Michigan II: The Private Life of Plants </P><P>5 England: Love, Tulips and Chiasmata</P><P>6 Madras II: A Flora of South India </P><P>7 Trivandrum: A Teaching Interlude </P><P>8 Trivandrum–Coimbatore–Krusadai: Unforgettable Sojourn </P><P>9 Coimbatore I: Dreaming of Russia </P><P>10 Coimbatore II: Making Order Out of Chaos </P><P>11 Great Britain I: Doing Science in the War Years </P><P>12 Merton–Kew: The Chromosome Atlas of Flowering Plants </P><P>13 Wisley I: Maker of Tetraploids </P><P>14 Nepal: A Pilgrim of Science </P><P>15 Wisley II: Craze for Chromosome Counts </P><P>16 Delhi: Director of Agriculture </P><P>17 Wisley III: The ‘Wanderings’ of Flowering Plants </P><P>18 Paris–ondon: On the Camellia Trail </P><P>19 Calcutta: Modernising Botany in India </P><P>20 Oak Ridge–nn Arbor–rinceton: Tracer Atoms and Agriculture </P><P>21 Kandy: The Humid Tropics </P><P>22 Lucknow–llahabad: The Central Botanical Laboratory </P><P>23 Jammu & Kashmir I: A Border Zone of Mixed Flora </P><P>24 Jammu & Kashmir II: High Altitude Flora, Polyploidy and Variation </P><P>25 Trombay: A Radiation Interlude </P><P>26 Madras III: The Madras Mint, Solanum and Other Stories </P><P>27 Madras IV: Forest Tracts and a Protest Movement </P><P>28 Madras–ilgiris: Hill Tribes and Secret Herbs </P><P>29 The Final Salaams </P><I><P>Epilogue: Portrait of a Nomad Woman Scientist </I></P><I><P>Archival Sources </I></P><I><P>E. K. Janaki Ammal’s Publications </I></P><I><P>General Bibliography </I></P><I><P>Index</I></P>