Today is the birth anniversary of one of the greatest scientific minds, #SatyendraNathBose
1 January 1894 – 4 February 1974 was an Indian physicist specializing in mathematical physics. He is best known for his work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s,
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1 January 1894 – 4 February 1974 was an Indian physicist specializing in mathematical physics. He is best known for his work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s,
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providing the foundation for Bose-Einstein statistics and the theory of the Bose-Einstein condensate. A Fellow of the Royal Society, he was awarded India’s second-highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan in 1954 by the Government of India.
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The class of particles that obey Bose-Einstein statistics, Bosons, was named after Bose by Paul Dirac. A self-taught scholar and a polyglot, he had a wide range of interests in varied fields including physics, mathematics,
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chemistry, biology, mineralogy, philosophy, arts, literature, and music. He served on many research and development committees in independent India. Bose was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata).
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After completing his MSc, Bose joined the University of Calcutta as a research scholar in 1916 and started his studies in the theory of relativity. It was an exciting era in the history of scientific progress.
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Quantum theory had just appeared on the horizon & important results had started pouring in. As a polyglot, he was well versed in several languages such as Bengali, English, French, German, and Sanskrit. He could also play the esraj, a musical instrument similar to a violin.
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