The SEU publishes science monographs and books authored by university academics at a low cost. This facilitates dissemination of up-to-date scientific knowledge among undergraduates, school children and general public. Thirty two (32) science monographs and books have been published by the SEU so far.
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SEU Book #01
Environmental Pollution and the Future of Mankind
Author:
Ileperuma O.A.
Price: SLR 150/=
Description:
The monograph entitled “Environmental Pollution and the Future of Mankind” is aimed at the general public and, in particular, at students studying for the G.C.E. (Advanced Level) examinations.The author of this monograph, Prof. O.A. Ileperuma, has specialized in the field of Coordination Chemistry. His major research interests are solar energy conversion, environmental pollution, and acid rain. He presently holds the post of Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya.
SEU Book #02
ස්ටොයිකියෝමිතිය
Author:
Perera J.S.H.Q.
Price: SLR 150/=
Description:
ස්ටොයිකියෝමිතිය යන ග්‍රන්ථය අ.පො.ස. (උසස් පෙළ) රසායන විද්‍යාව හදාරන සිසුනට සුදුසුය. මෙම ප්‍රකාශනයේ කර්තෘ වන මහාචාර්යය ක්වින්ටස් පෙරේරා මහතා භෞතික රසායනය පිළිබඳ ක්‍ෂේත්‍රෙය් විශේෂඥයෙකි. ඔහු ඉලෙක්ට්‍රෝනික වර්ණාවලීක්‍ෂය, විද්‍යුත් රසායනය, පෘෂ්ඨික හා කලීල රසායනය සහ විද්‍යා අධ්‍යාපනය යන ක්‍ෂේත්‍රවල පර්යේෂණ කටයුතු පිළිබඳ උනන්දුවක් දක්වයි. මහාචාර්යය ක්වින්ටස් පෙරේරා මහතා දැනට පේරාදෙණිය විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ විද්‍යා පීඨයේ රසායන විද්‍යා අංශයේ ජ්‍යේෂ්ඨ කථිකාචාර්ය පදවිය දරයි.
SEU Book #03
මිනිසාට වැදගත්වන පරපෝෂිතයෝ
Author:
Edirisinghe J.P.
Price: SLR 100/=
Description:
මිනිසාට වැදගත්වන පරපෝෂිතයෝ, යන මෙම ග්‍රන්ථය සාමාන්‍ය ජනතාවට දැණුම ලබා ගැනීමට සහ අ.පො.ස. (උසස් පෙළ) සිසුනට සුදුසුය. මෙම ප්‍රකාශනයේ කර්තෘ වන ආචාර්ය ජයන්ති එදිරිසිංහ මහත්මිය කෘමි විද්‍යාව නම් ක්‍ෂේත්‍රෙය් විශේෂඥවරියකි. ඇය පාලනය යන ක්‍ෂේත්‍රෙවල පර්යේෂණ කටයුතු පිළිබඳ උනන්දුවක් දක්වයි. ඇය දැනට පේරාදෙණිය විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ විද්‍යා පීඨයේ සත්ත්ව විද්‍යාව අංශයේ මහාචාර්යවරියකි.
SEU Book #06
Soil- Transmitted Helminth Parasites of Man
Author:
Edirisinghe J.S.
Price: SLR 75/=
Description:
This publication entitled “SOIL- TRANSMITTED HELMINTH OF MAN” will be help to students of Biology, Paraseology, Zoology and of Health related fields. As reference book, it will be of great value to post graduate students following the M.Sc. course in Parasitology. It will also find as a useful reference book in institutional libraries. The author of this monograph Prof. J. Sarath Edirisinghe is a Consultant Medical Parasitologist and presently holds the post of Associate Professor at the Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya.
SEU Book #07
Industrial Organic Chemistry
Author:
Karunaratne N.L.V.V.
Price: SLR 75/=
Description:
This publication entitled “Industrial Organic Chemistry” is recommended reading for science undergraduates and for those wishing to gain an insight to chemical based industries. The author of this monograph Professor Veranja Karunaratne specialised in the field of Synthetic Organic Chemistry. He presently holds the post of Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya.
SEU Book #08
Pericyclic Reaction
Author:
Wannigama G.P.
Price: SLR 100/=
Description:
This book on Pericyclic Reactions is now published as a Second Edition. The book is intended as supplementary reading material for B.Sc. (Special) Degree students of Chemistry. Theoretical principles are first introduced in terms of aromatic transition state theory,. A set of problems is accompanied by their solutions. The author of this monograph Prof. G.P. Wannigama was one of the most senior and respected chemistry teachers in the Sri Lankan University system. Prof. Wannigama is an Emeritus professor of Chemistry, at University of Peradeniya.
SEU Book #09
භෞතික රසායන විද්‍යාව
Author:
Rajapaksa R.M.G.
Price: SLR 275/=
Description:
භෞතික රසායන විද්‍යාව නම් වන මෙම ප්‍රකාශය අපොස උසස් පෙළට නියමිත භෞතික රසායන විද්‍යාව විෂය කොටස ආවරණය කරන අතර, එය අ.පො.ස. උසස් පෙළ නව නිර්දේශයට අනුව සකසන ලද්දකි. මෙහි කර්තෘ වන මහාචාර්ය ගාමිණී රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා විද්‍යුත් රසායනය නම් ක්‍ෂේත්‍රෙය් විශේෂඥයෙකි. ඔහුගේ ප්‍රධාන පර්යේශණ ක්‍ෂේත්‍රයන් වනුයේ විදුලිය සන්නයනය කළ හැකි බහු අවයව (Conducting Polymers), ද්‍රව ස්ථටික (Liquid Crystals) සහ විද්‍යුත් රසායනයේ සංවේදක (Electronic Sensors)වේ. මහාචාර්ය ගාමිණී රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා දැනට පේරාදෙණිය විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ විද්‍යා පීඨයේ රසායන විද්‍යා අංශයේ ජ්‍යේෂ්ඨ කථිකාචාර්ය පදවිය දරයි.
SEU Book #10
පරිසර දූෂණය හා මානව වර්ගයාගේ අනාගතය
Author:
Ileperuma O.A.
Price: SLR 150/=
Description:
“පරිසර දූෂණය හා මානව වර්ගයාගේ අනාගතය“ යන මෙම ග්‍රන්ථය ශ්‍රීලංකාවේ දැනට ඇති පාරිසරික ප්‍රශ්න කෙරෙහි විශේෂ අවධානයක් යොමුව ඇත. අ.පො.ස. (උසස් පෙළ) සිසුනට මෙම පොත විශේෂයෙන්ම වැදගත් වන අතර පරිසර විද්‍යාව පිළිබඳ මූලික දැනුම ලබා ගැනීම සඳහා උපාධි අපේක්‍ෂකයන් හට මින් අත්වැලක් සැපයේ. මෙම ප්‍රකාශනයේ කතෘ වන මහාචාර්ය ඕ. ඒ. ඉලේපෙරුම මහතා සංගත රසායන විද්‍යා ක්‍ෂේත්‍රෙය් විශේෂඥයෙකි. ඒ මහතා අර්ධ සන්නායක මගින් අඩු වියදම් සූර්ය කෝෂ නිපදවීම, පරිසර දූෂණය වැලැක්වීම හා අම්ල වැසි ක්‍ෂෙත්‍ර සංරක්‍ෂණ කටයුතු පිළිබඳ විශේෂ උනන්දුවක් දක්වයි. මහාචාර්ය ඕ. ඒ. ඉලේපෙරුම මහතා දැනට පේරාදෙණිය විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ විද්‍යා පිඨයේ රසායන විද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ අකාබනික රසායන විද්‍යා අංශයේ මහාචාර්ය පදවිය දරයි.
SEU Book #12
A Manual of Practical Mammalian Cranial Morphology
Author:
Santiapillai C.
Price: SLR 100/=
Description:
This publication entitled “A Manual of Practical Mammalian Cranial Morphology” is recommended reading for science undergraduates. The authors of this book Prof. Charles Santiapillai teach at the Department of Zoology, University of Peradeniya. The purpose of this Manual therefore, is to provide the students with a concise account of the cranial morphology of the different orders that make up the class Mammalia and to show how the basic form of any skull is determined by the relationship of the cranium to the jaws and teeth.
SEU Book #13
Organic Reaction Mechanisms
Author:
Wannigama G.P.
Price: SLR 200/=
Description:
This publication entitled “Organic Reaction Mechanisms” is recommended reading for science undergraduates. The author of this monograph Prof. G.P. Wannigama was one of the most senior and respected chemistry teachers in the Sri Lankan University system. Prof. Wannigama is an Emeritus professor of Chemistry, at University of Peradeniya and has authored many other text books in Organic Chemistry.
SEU Book #14
An illustrated guide to the Common Birds
Author:
Santiapillai C. & Wijesundara C.
Price: SLR 150/=
Description:
This publication entitled “An illustrated guide to the common Birds of the Peradeniya University Campus, Sri Lanka” is suitable for those who are interested in ornithology. The authors of this book Prof. Chales Santhiapillai and Mr. Chaminda Wijesundara are attached to the Department of Zoology, University of Peradeniya.
SEU Book #15
An illustrated guide to the Endemic Birds of Sri Lanka
Author:
Santiapillai C. & Wijesundara C.
Price: SLR 450/=
Description:
This publication entitled “An illustrated guide to the Endemic Birds of Sri Lanka” will be an asset for ornithologists. The authors of this book Prof. Charles Santiapillai and Mr. Chaminda Wijesundara teach at the Department of Zoology, University of Peradeniya. Professor Charles Santiapillai has done extensive field studies on the ecology of the Asian elephant and other large mammals, and from 1984 to 1992, he was the Senior Scientific Officer of the WWF (World Wide Fund For Nature) Asia Programme, based in Indonesia. Mr. Chaminda Wijesundara is currently a lecturer at the Department of Zoology University of Peradeniya. The illustrator of this book, Mr. Manjula Wijesundara holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Science from the University of Peradeniya.
SEU Book #16
Basic Electrochemistry
Author:
Perera J.S.H.Q. & Rajapakse R.M.G.
Price: SLR 150/=
Description:
This publication entitled “Basic Electrochemistry” is suitable for those following undergraduate programmer in science. The authors of this book Prof. J.S.H. Quintus Perera and Prof. R.M.Gamini Rajapakse are attached to the Department of Chemistry, University of Peradeniya. Prof. J.S.H. Quintus Perera has specialized in the field of Electronic Spectroscopy. His major research fields are Electrochemistry, Electronic Spectroscopy, Surface and Colloidal Chemistry and Science Education. Prof. R.M. Gamini Rajapakse has specialized in the field of Electrochemistry. His major research fields are Conducting Polymers, Liquid Crystals and Electrochemical sensors.
SEU Book #17
General Chemistry
Author:
Ileperuma O.A.
Price: SLR 200/=
Description:
This publication entitled “General Chemistry” is suitable for those following the G.C.E. (Advanced Level) examinations in science.
The author of this monograph, Prof. O.A. Ileperuma has specialized in the field of Coordination Chemistry. His major research interests are solar energy conversion, environmental pollution, and acid rain. He presently holds the post of Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya .
SEU Book #18
Organic Chemistry
Author:
Wannigama G.P.
Price: SLR 200/=
Description:
This publication entitled “Organic Chemistry” is suitable for those following the G.C.E. (Advanced Level) examination in science. The author of this book Prof. G.P. Wannigama was one of the most senior and respected chemistry teachers in the Sri Lankan University system. He is an Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, at University of Peradeniya and has authored many other text books in Organic Chemistry.
SEU Book #19
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ආවේණික කුරුල්ලන් හඳුනා ගැනීම
Author:
Santiapillai C. & Wijesundara C.
Price: SLR 375/=
Description:
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ආවේණික කුරුල්ලන් හඳුනා ගැනීම සඳහා සිතුවම් සහිත අත් පොතක් නම් වන මෙම පොත තුරුල්ලන් ගැන උනන්දුවක් දක්වන සැමටම වෙසෙසින් ප්‍රයෝජනවත් වනු ඇත. මෙම පොතේ කතුවරුන් වන මහාචාර්ය චාල්ස් සත්තියාපිල්ලේ සහ චමින්ද විජේසුන්දර යන මහතුන් විසින් පේරාදෙණිය සරසවියේ දක්නට ලැබෙන කුරුල්ලන් අලලා "An Illustrated Guide to the Common Birds of the Peradeniya University Campus, Sri Lanka"
යනුවෙන් ඉංග්‍රීසි බසින් මීට පෙර ලියන ලද ග්‍රන්ථයෙහි සිංහල පරිවර්තනයයි.
SEU Book #20
Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds
Author:
Wannigama G.P.
Price: SLR 200/=
Description:
This publication entitled “Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds” is recommended reading for science undergraduates. The author of this monograph Prof. G.P. Wannigama obtained the B.Sc. (Special) Degree in Chemistry from University of Ceylon in 1951 and the Ph.D. Degree form the University of Cambridge in 1955. He was one of the most senior and respected chemistry teachers in the Sri Lankan University system. Prof. Wannigama is an Emeritus professor of Chemistry, at University of Peradeniya and has authored many other text books in Organic Chemistry.
SEU Book #21
Organic Photochemistry
Author:
Wannigama G.P.
Price: SLR 150/=
Description:
This publication entitled “Organic Photochemistry” is recommended reading for science undergraduates. The author of this monograph Prof. G.P. Wannigama obtained the B.Sc. (Special) Degree in Chemistry from University of Ceylon in 1951 and the Ph.D. Degree form the University of Cambridge in 1955. He was one of the most senior and respected chemistry teachers in the Sri Lankan University system. Prof. Wannigama is an Emeritus professor of Chemistry, at University of Peradeniya and has authored many other text books in Organic Chemistry.
SEU Book #22
Primary Metabolites
Author:
Wannigama G.P.
Price: SLR 200/=
Description:
This publication entitled “Primary Metabolites” is recommended reading for science undergraduates. The author of this monograph Prof. G.P. Wannigama obtained the B.Sc. (Special) Degree in Chemistry from University of Ceylon in 1951 and the Ph.D. Degree form the University of Cambridge in 1955. He was one of the most senior and respected chemistry teachers in the Sri Lankan University system. Prof. Wannigama is an Emeritus professor of Chemistry, at University of Peradeniya and has authored many other text books in Organic Chemistry.
SEU Book #23
Botanical Microtechniques & Micrometry
Author:
K.U. Tennakoon & M.D.Dassanayake
Price: SLR 80/=
Description:
This publication entitled Botanical Microtechniques and Micrometry authored by Dr. K.U. Tennakoon and Prof. M.D. Dassanayake is suitable for secondary and tertiary level biology teachers and students. Dr. K.U.Tennakoon is a Senior Lecturer attached to the Department of Botany, University of Peradeniya. He has specialized in Ecophysiology. Prof. M.D. Dassanayake is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Peradeniya. He has specialized in Plant Taxonomy. He is a co-editor of the series, Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon.
SEU Book #24
Biosynthesis of Secondary Metabolites
Author:
Wannigama G.P.
Price: SLR 200/=
Description:
This publication entitled "Biosynthesis of Secondary Metabolites" is recommended reading for science undergraduates. The author of this monograph Prof. G.P. Wannigama obtained the B.Sc. (Special) Degree in Chemistry from University of Ceylon in 1951 and the Ph.D. Degree form the University of Cambridge in 1955. He was one of the most senior and respected chemistry teachers in the Sri Lankan University system. Prof. Wannigama is an Emeritus professor of Chemistry, at University of Peradeniya and has authored many other text books in Organic Chemistry.
SEU Book #25
Oils and Fats in Industry
Author:
Karunaratne D.N.
Price: SLR 180/=
Description:
This monograph entitled “Oils and Fats in Industry” is recommended reading for science undergraduates. The author of this monograph, Dr. D.N. Karunaratne obtained the Ph.D Degree from the University of British Columbia, Canada in 1985 for her work on Bacterial Polysaccharides. She authored learning material for the Biochemistry and Natural Product Chemistry courses during her 8-year tenure at the Open University o f Sri Lanka. Presently Dr. Karunaratne is attached to the Department of Chemistry at the University of Peradeniya as a senior lecturer.
SEU Book #26
Thermodynamics for Biginners
Author:
Rajaratnam Shanthini
Price: SLR 485/=
Description:
This publication entitled “Thermodynamics for Beginners” is recommended reading for engineering/science undergraduates. Prof. Rajaratnam Shanthini, the author of this book, obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Moratuwa, her MSc from University of Alberta, Canada and her PhD from Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. She is at present attached to the Department of Chemical & Process Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Prof. Shanthini has been a teacher in thermodynamics for over 15 years.
SEU Book #27
Biological Nitrogen Fixation
Author:
Kulasooriya S.A.
Price: SLR 460/=
Description:
This publication entitled “Biological Nitrogen Fixation : Fundamentals and Utilization” is recommended for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. The author of this book Prof. S.A. Kulasooriya obtained the B.Sc. (Special) Degree from the University of Ceylon and the Ph.D. Degree from the University of London. He is one of the most respected Botany teacher and a researcher in the Sri Lankan University system. He is presently an Emeritus Professor of Botany at the University of Peradeniya.
SEU Book #28
Measurements and Errors in Chemical Analysis
Author:
Namal Priyantha
Price: SLR 250/=
Description:
This publication entitled “Measurements and Errors in Chemical Analysis” is suitable for those following undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in science.
The author of this monograph is Prof. Namal Priyantha, Department of Chemistry, University of Peradeniya. He has specialized in the field of Physical/Analytical Chemistry. His major research areas are Electrochemistry and Environmental Chemistry.
SEU Book #29
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY A Quick Guide for Scientists and Technologists
Author:
Manjula Sanderigama
Price: SLR 260/=
Description:
This publication entitled “INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY- A Quick Guide for Scientists and Technologists” is suitable not only for those following undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in science and Engineering, but also for the general public.
The author of this monograph Dr. M. Sandirigama obtained the B.Sc. Eng. Degree in Electrical engineering from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees from Ehime University, Japan respectively. He has specialized in the field of security communication. He is a Senior Lecturer attached to the Department of Computer Engineering, University of Peradeniya.
SEU Book #30
Introduction to Computers
Author:
Prof. S.R. Kodituwakku
Price: SLR 325/=
Description:
This publication entitled “Introduction to Computers” is suitable not only for those following undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in science and Engineering, but also for the general public.
Prof. S.R. Kodituwakku, the author of this monograph obtained his B.Sc. Degree in Mathematics (Special) from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, his M.Sc. Degree from Asian Institute of Technology, Thailandand her Ph.D. Degrees from RMIT University, Australia respectively. He has specialized in the field of Software Engineering. He is a Associate Professor attached to the Department of Statistics & Computer Science, University of Peradeniya.
SEU Book #31
Understanding DNA Technology
Author:
Prof. S.H.P.P. Karunaratne and Dr. S.D.S.S. Sooriyapathirana
Price: SLR 500/=
Description:
DNA technology is one of the new areas in science that has numerous applications in biology such as biotechnology, forensic medicine, pharmaceutical industry, medicine, evolution etc. This book is written for a variety of audience including GCE A/L students and teachers, university students, scientists, doctors, lawyers, policy makers and anybody who is curious about this fascinating science for easy understanding of basic principles and applications.
The authors of this book are Prof. S.H.P.P. Karunaratne and Dr. S.D.S.S. Sooriyapathirana.
Prof. S.H.P.P. Karunaratne received B.Sc. and M.Sc. from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and Ph.D. from University of London, England. He is a Senior Professor of Zoology, and has been the Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya since 2007, and a visiting Research Professor at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK since 2001. He has made a significant contribution in the development of Culex mosquito genome.
Dr. S.D.S.S. Sooriyapathirana received BSc and MSc from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He earned PhD in Plant Breeding Genetics and Biotechnology from Michigan State University, USA. He is currently serving as a Senior Lecturer in Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
SEU Book #32
යාන්ත්‍ර විද්‍යාව
Author:
Kalinga Bandara
Price: SLR 950/=
Description:
2010 වසරේ සිට ක්‍රියාත්මක වන අධයාපන පොදු සහතික පත්‍ර උසස් පෙළ භෞතික විද්‍යාව නව විෂය නිර්දේශය යටතේ පළවන පොත් පෙළක විද්‍යා අධ්‍යාපන ඒකකය මගින් මුද්‍රිත පළමු භෞතික විද්‍යා පොත ලෙස මෙම යාන්ත්‍ර විද්‍යා කෘතිය එළි දක්වා ඇත. භෞතික විද්‍යාව විෂය නිර්දේශයේ දෙවැනි ඒකකය සම්පුර්ණයෙන් ම ආවරණය වන පරිදි සම්පාදනය කර ඇති මෙම කෘතිය තුළ පරිච්ඡේද 08 ක් යටතේ විෂය කරුණු පෙළ ගස්වා ඇත. උගත් විෂය කරුණු තහවුරු කරනු වස් විසඳූ උදාහරණ විශාල ප්‍රමාණයක් මෙම කෘතියට ඇතුළත් වන අතර සෑම පරිච්ජේදයක් අවසානයේ ම ඉදිරි පත් කර ඇති පුනරීක්ෂණ අභ්‍යාස ප්‍රගුණ කිරීමෙන් සිසුනට විෂය කරුණු වඩාත් හොඳින් ධාරණය කර ගත හැකි වනු ඇත.
අධ්‍යාපන පොදු සහතික පත්‍ර උසස් පෙළ වැනි තරඟකාරී විභාගයකට සුදානම් වන සිසුන් සඳහා සිංහල බසින් ලියැවුනු ගුණාත්මක කෘතීන් අල්ප වන අවධියක භෞතික විද්‍යා විෂය නිර්දේශයේ යාන්ත්‍ර විද්‍යාව ඒකකයට අදාලව ලියා ඇති මෙම කෘතිය ඉතා සරළව උදාහරණ සහ අභ්‍යාස විශාල ප්‍රමාණයක් ඇතුළත්ව ලියා ඇත්තේ සිසුනට ස්වයං අධ්‍යයනය සඳහා ද සුදුසු වන පරිදිය. එහෙයින් මෙම කෘතිය උසස් පෙළ භෞතික විද්‍යාව හදාරන සිසුනට මෙන් ම එම විෂය උගන්වන ගුරු භාවතුන්ට ද එක සේ ප්‍රයෝජනවත් වනු ඇත.