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Sundar Sarukkai

Sundar Sarukkai is the Founder of Barefoot Philosophers and the author of Translating the World: Science and Language, Philosophy of Symmetry and Indian Philosophy and Philosophy of Science.

Sundar Sarukkai is the Founder of Barefoot Philosophers and the author of Translating the World: Science and Language, Philosophy of Symmetry and Indian Philosophy and Philosophy of Science.

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