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An Indian mathematician and theoretical physicist, known for his contributions to the fields of statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics particularly in regard to photons.
Bose, the eldest and only son of seven children, went to the Hindu High School in Calcutta and the Presidency College of Calcutta in 1909. He gained a Master of Science in 1915 and began teaching in 1916 at the University College. He taught and translated some of Einstein's work on general relativity.
In 1921 he become a Reader at the Dacca University. During his time at Dacca he wrote a paper on the statistics of photons now named 'Bose Statistics'.
He worked at one stage with Madam Curie (1924) and met Einstein. In 1926 he became a Professor at Dacca University, and went on to be the Khaira Professor of Physics (in Calcutta). He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1958 and a National Professor. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan by India.
He married ,Ushadevi, on May 5 1914 aged twenty. He passed away in 1974.
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Madam Curie
Albert Einstein
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Professor at Dacca University
Khaira Professor of Physics (Calcutta)
Fellow of the Royal Society (1958)
National Professor
Padma Vibhushan
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"Planck's Law and the Hypothesis of Light Quanta"
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His classic paper on the statistics of photons, "Planck's Law and the Hypothesis of Light Quanta" derived Planck's Law of Radiation by proposing different states for the photon. He also proposed that there is no conservation of the number of photons. Instead of statistical independence of particles, Bose put particles into cells and talked about statistical independence of cells. This work led to a collaboration with Einstein to develop a theory regarding the gas like qualities of electromagnetic radiation. The result was the Bose-Einstein distribution equation which solves for the average number of bosons in a particular energy state. Bose used this formula to derive Planck's black-body, energy distribution equation.
Fundamental particles that obeyed his statistical rules were later named 'bosons'. This statistical analysis of photons and light led Einstein to predict the phenomena of Bose-Einstein condensation where it was believed that the application on matter of intense cold and pressure could create a substance with some of the characteristics of light where all the particles (now called bosons) fall into the same quantum state.
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He also worked in biochemistry, chemistry, geology, zoology, anthropology, engineering and promoted and taught the Bengali language and its literature.
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