Arun Bala is a physicist and philosopher of science. He is the author of
The Dialogue of Civilizations in the Birth of Modern Science, the editor of
Asia, Europe and the Emergence of Modern Science, and co-editor of
The Bright Dark Ages: Comparative and Connective Perspectives. He has held teaching and visiting positions at the National University of Singapore as well as the University of Toronto, Western University, and Dalhousie University, Canada.