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Indian theoretical physicist and polymath (1894–1974)

For Indian nationalist belonging to the Anushilan Samiti, see Satyendranath Bosu.

Satyendra Nath BoseFRS, MP (; 1 January 1894 – 4 February 1974) was an Indian theoretical physicist and mathematician. He is best known for his work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s, in developing 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.

The class of particles that obey Bose statistics, bosons, was named after Bose, by Paul Dirac.

A polymath, he had a wide range of interests in varied fields, including physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, mineralogy, philosophy, arts, literature, and music. He served on many research and development committees in India, after independence.

Early life

Bose was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata), the eldest of seven children in a Bengali Kayastha family. He was the only son, with six sisters after him. His ancestral home was in the village Bara Jagulia, in the district of Nadia, in the Bengal Presidency. His schooling began at the age of five, near his home. When his family moved to Goabagan, he was admitted into the New Indian School. In his final year of school, he was admitted into the Hindu School. He passed his entrance examination (matriculation) in 1909 and stood fifth in the order of merit. He then joined the intermediate science course at the Presidency College, Calcutta, where his teachers included Jagadish Chandra Bose, Sarada Prasanna Das, and Prafulla Chandra Ray.

Bose received a Bachelor of Science in mixed mathematics from Presidency College, standing first in 1913. Then he joined Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee's newly formed Science College where he a

During our time as students in the turbulent 1960s in Calcutta, several stories about Satyendra Nath Bose's genius were circulated – some real and some coloured by imagination. We were told that he was among the few early scientists who understood the meaning and importance of Albert Einstein’s theories of relativity; that a teacher in his school awarded him 110 out of 100 in a paper and thought he would one day join the ranks of Karl Friedrich Gauss as a mathematician; that his university records were yet to be broken; that when Niels Bohr, during his lecture at Calcutta, got stuck with a problem, Bose instantly resolved it; and even that some students earned their PhDs based on scraps from his wastepaper basket!

As distinct from the other two famous Boses (J C Bose who taught him at Presidency College and Debendra Mohan Bose who was a few years senior), S N Bose was essentially a theoretical, mathematical physicist. The eldest of the seven children of Amodini Bose and Surendranath Bose (who worked with the railways), Bose was born and educated in Calcutta. As a student, he stood first in Calcutta University. His illustrious classmates included Meghnad Saha who came second in both BSc and MSc examinations. Thereafter, Bose joined the newly established physics department of the university as a research scholar and lecturer (1917), then moved to the new University of Dacca (now Dhaka, in Bangladesh) as a Reader in 1921. Since he had not done a doctorate, Einstein’s recommendation helped him become a professor and head of the department there. He returned to Calcutta University in 1945.

Science in Calcutta in the 1920s

Eric Weiner in his best-selling book The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World’s Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley, writes how “Certain places, at certain times, produced a bumper crop of brilliant minds and good ideas,” and includes Calcutta (1840–1920) in th

Satyendra Nath Bose/sɐθ.jin.ðrɐ nɑθ bos/ Bengali: ) (January 1, 1894 – February 4, 1974) was a Indian Bengali physicist, specializing in mathematical physics. He is best known for his work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s, providing the foundation for Bose-Einstein statistics and the theory of the Bose-Einstein condensate. He is honored as the namesake of the boson.

Although more than one Nobel Prize was awarded for research related to the concepts of the boson, Bose-Einstein statistics and Bose-Einstein condensate—the latest being the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics, which was given for advancing the theory of Bose-Einstein condensates, Bose himself was never awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Among his other talents, Bose spoke several languages and could also play the Esraj, a musical instrument similar to a violin.

In his book, The Scientific Edge, the noted physicist Jayant Narlikar observed:

"S.N.Bose’s work on particle statistics (c. 1922), which clarified the behaviour of photons (the particles of light in an enclosure) and opened the door to new ideas on statistics of Microsystems that obey the rules of quantum theory, was one of the top ten achievements of 20th century Indian science and could be considered in the Nobel Prize class.

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Satyendra Nath Bose was a theoretical physicist and mathematician from India. His work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s led to the development of the Bose statistics and the Bose condensate hypothesis.

Bose's early 1920s work on quantum mechanics and his association with Albert Einstein in creating the theory of Bose-Einstein statistics is what he is most known for. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1954 for his contributions to theoretical physics, the second-highest civilian distinction in India.

Early Life

Satyendra Nath Bose was born in Calcutta, India, on January 1, 1894. Bose was a top student in both high school and college. He received the highest marks possible in all his exams, including those for his graduate and post-graduate degrees. He earned his M.Sc. in mixed mathematics from the Presidency College in Calcutta in 1915.

Before returning to Calcutta (1945-1956), he taught at the University of Dacca from 1921-1945. Between 1918 and 1956, Satyendra Nath Bose published many scientific papers that expanded statistical mechanics, knowledge of the electromagnetic properties of the ionosphere, the theories of X-ray crystallography and thermoluminescence, and unification field theory. Einstein requested Bose's assistance after reading Planck's Law and the Hypothesis of Light Quanta (1924).

Satyendra Nath Bose demonstrated a curiosity for scientific inquiry in his early years. He was influenced by the writings of prominent mathematicians and scientists of the day. He devoted a great deal of time to the study of mathematics, physics, and other scientific fields, igniting his desire to learn about the intricate workings of the cosmos.

Bose built a solid foundation in mathematics and theoretical physics as a result of his academic brilliance and enthusiasm for scientific research. His future contributions to science were therefore set up because of this.

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