Chromosome woman, nomad scientist :

List of Illustrations

Foreword

Acknowledgements

E. K. Janaki Ammal: A Timeline

Prologue

1 Tellicherry: A Modern Thiya Family

2 Madras I: Science and Politics in a Cosmopolitan City

3 Michigan I: First Lessons in Internationalism

4 Michigan II: The Private Life of Plants

5 England: Love, Tulips and Chiasmata

6 Madras II: A Flora of South India

7 Trivandrum: A Teaching Interlude

8 Trivandrum–Coimbatore–Krusadai: Unforgettable Sojourn

9 Coimbatore I: Dreaming of Russia

10 Coimbatore II: Making Order Out of Chaos

11 Great Britain I: Doing Science in the War Years

12 Merton–Kew: The Chromosome Atlas of Flowering Plants

13 Wisley I: Maker of Tetraploids

14 Nepal: A Pilgrim of Science

15 Wisley II: Craze for Chromosome Counts

16 Delhi: Director of Agriculture

17 Wisley III: The ‘Wanderings’ of Flowering Plants

18 Paris–ondon: On the Camellia Trail

19 Calcutta: Modernising Botany in India

20 Oak Ridge–nn Arbor–rinceton: Tracer Atoms and Agriculture

21 Kandy: The Humid Tropics

22 Lucknow–llahabad: The Central Botanical Laboratory

23 Jammu & Kashmir I: A Border Zone of Mixed Flora

24 Jammu & Kashmir II: High Altitude Flora, Polyploidy and Variation

25 Trombay: A Radiation Interlude

26 Madras III: The Madras Mint, Solanum and Other Stories

27 Madras IV: Forest Tracts and a Protest Movement

28 Madras–ilgiris: Hill Tribes and Secret Herbs

29 The Final Salaams

Epilogue: Portrait of a Nomad Woman Scientist

Archival Sources

E. K. Janaki Ammal’s Publications

General Bibliography

Index