Satyendra Nath Bose

Physicist, Academic

1894 – 1974

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Who was Satyendra Nath Bose?

Satyendra Nath Bose FRS was a Bengali Indian physicist specialising in mathematical physics. He was born in Calcutta. 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. A Fellow of the Royal Society, the Government of India awarded him India's second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan in 1954.

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

A self-taught scholar and a polyglot, 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 independent India.

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Born
Jan 1, 1894
Kolkata
Parents
Spouses
Religion
  • Hinduism
Nationality
  • India
Profession
Education
  • Presidency College, Kolkata
  • University of Calcutta
  • Hindu School, Kolkata
Employment
  • University of Calcutta
  • University of Dhaka
Lived in
  • Kolkata
  • India
Died
Feb 4, 1974
Kolkata

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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