| Names |
SATYENDRA NATH
BOSE, FRS |
| Date of Birth |
January 01, 1894 |
| Date of
Death |
February 04, 1974 |
|
Identity |
Indian physicist specializing in mathematical physics |
| Special Achievements
/ Events |
- 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.
- FRS stands for a Fellow of the Royal Society.
- The class of particles that obey Bose-Einstein
statistics, bosons, was named after him by Paul Dirac.
- A self-taught scholar and a polyglot (i.e. speaking more
than one language), 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.
- In 1937, Rabindranath Tagore dedicated his only book on
science, Visva-Parichay, to Satyendra Nath Bose.
- In 1959, he was appointed as the National Professor, the
highest honour in the country for a scholar, a position he
held for 15 years.
- In 1986, S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
was established by an act of Parliament, Government of
India, in Salt Lake, Calcutta in honour of the
world-renowned Indian scientist.
- He became an adviser to then newly-formed Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research.
- He was the President of Indian Physical Society and the
National Institute of Science.
- He was elected General President of the Indian Science
Congress.
- In 1958, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society.
- He was nominated as member of Rajya Sabha.
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