A homage to Prof. Satyendra Nath Bose,renowned Indian mathematician and physicist as flashed on the f.b. on Jan.31,2011.

Bishwa Nath Singh
How may of us remember one who was a renowned Indian mathematician and physicist noted for his collaboration with Albert Einstein in developing a theory regarding the gas like qualities of electromagnetic radiation who was best known for his work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s, providing the foundation for Bose–Einstein stati...stics and the theory of the Bose–Einstein condensate. One was F.R.S. and honored as the namesake of the boson! The grateful Indian Nation on whom had conferred India's second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan in 1954. 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 although, he was not awarded the Noble Prize.He was none else than Prof. Satyendra Nath Bose.Let us a have glimpse on his life in brief and pay our homage to him!

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(Prof Satyendra Nath Bose)

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Bishwa Nath Singh:
Prof. Satyendra Nath Bose popularly called S.N.Bose was born in Kolkata (Calcutta) of India on January 1,1894 as the eldest of seven children His father, Surendranath Bose, worked in the Engineering Department of the East Indian Railway ...Company. As a young boy, he had attended Hindu School in Calcutta, and later attended Presidency College, also in Calcutta, earning the highest marks at each institution. He came in contact with teachers such as Jagadish Chandra Bose and Prafulla Chandra Roy who provided inspiration to aim high in life. He was a brilliant academic record as a student From 1916 to 1921 he was a Lecturer in the Physics Department of the University of Calcutta. In 1921, he joined the department of Physics of the then recently founded Dhaka University (now in Bangladesh and called University of Dhaka) and continued till 1945.His works covered a variety of areas like statistical mechanics, the electromagnetic properties of ionosphere, theories of x-ray crystallography and unified field theory, which was a dream topic for Einstein’s research and this went on through his final phase of life.He was an internationally renowned Indian physicist. His best-known work was on quantum mechanics which he put forward in the early 1920s. This paved the way for the formulation of what is known as Bose-Einstein Statistics and the theory of Bose-Einstein Condensate. The particle boson is named after him. Because of his contribution to Einstein’s theory of relativity, Professor Bose When Bose was working at the Dacca University, in 1924 then in India, his paper on ‘Planck’s Law and the Light Quantum Hypothesis’ was published in Europe, in an annotated German translation by Einstein. Einstein also wrote to his Indian colleague, congratulating him on his research. The concepts of the boson, Bose-Einstein statistics and Bose-Einstein condensate were closely related to the award of Nobel Prize more than once, Bose was never considered for the prestigious prize. Bose's ideas were afterwards well received in the world of physics, and he was granted leave from the University of Dhaka to travel to Europe in 1924. He spent a year in France and worked with Marie Curie, and met several other well-known Scientists. He then spent another year abroad, working with Einstein in Berlin. Upon his return to Dhaka, he was made a professor in 1926. He did not have a doctorate, and so ordinarily he would not be qualified for higher Post, but Einstein recommended him. His work ranged from X-ray crystallography to unified field theories. He also published an equation of state for real gases with Megh Nad Saha.Apart from physics he did some research in biochemistry and literature (Bengali, English). He made deep studies in chemistry, geology, zoology, anthropology, engineering and other sciences. Being an Indian of Bengali descent, he devoted a lot of time to promoting Bengali as a teaching langHe didn't have a doctorate, and the hig Poddar. There is an interesting anecdote that goes round the scientific circles as mentioned in some of his biographical notes. Once the great scientist, Niels Bohr, was delivering a lecture. At one stage the lecturer had some difficulty in explaining a point. He had been writing on the black board; he stopped and, turning to Bose, said. “Can Professor Bose help me?’ All the while Bose had been sitting with his eyes shut. The audience could not help smiling at Professor Bohr’s words. But to their great surprise, Bose opened his eyes, and in an instant he solved the lecturer’s problem. Then he sat down and once again closed his eyes! His best-known work was on quantum mechanics which he put forward in the early 1920s. This paved the way for the formulation of what is known as Bose-Einstein Statistics and the theory of Bose-Einstein Condensate. The particle boson is named after him. Because of his contribution to Einstein’s theory of relativity, Professor Bose was popularly known in Bengal, his homeland, as ‘Einstein Bose’. The concepts of the boson, Bose-Einstein statistics and Bose-Einstein condensate were closely related to the award of Nobel Prize more than once, Bose was never considered for the prestigious prize.. In 1944 Bose was elected General President of the Indian Science Congress. When the partition of India became imminent, he returned to Calcutta and taught at Calcutta University until 1956, when he retired and was made professor emeritus.In 1958 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. The 2001 Nobel Prize was given for advancing the theory of Bose-Einstein condensates. He was very popularly known as an Indian mathematician and physicist noted for his collaboration with Albert Einstein in developing a theory regarding the gas like qualities of electromagnetic radiation. 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 honoured as the namesake of the boson.The grateful Indian Nation had conferred India's second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan in 1954. 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 not awarded the Nobel Prize. Among his other talents, he was well-versed in several languages and could also play the esraj, a musical instrument similar to a violin with great devotion. He had passed away at the age of eighty in Calcutta of India on February 4, 1974 whose passing away was a great loss to Science as whole for whole of the world. Let us join to pay our respectful homage to him who had kept the banner of our National Flag at top in International Science Arena!

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Ashok Tiwari :Thanks...Remembering The Great Professor Satyendra Nath Bose.

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.Anil Kumar :Thank you sir for the article on Great Prof. Bose, a great scientist, son of India. I salute Prof. S. N. Bose.

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