Satyendra Nath Bose

Satyendra Nath Bose
FRS, MP
Satyendra Nath Bose FRS, MP
	Bose in 1925
Born	Satyendra Nath Bose; 1 January 1894; Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	4 February 1974 (aged 80); Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Alma mater	Presidency College (BSc); Science College, Calcutta University (MSc)
Known for	Bose–Einstein condensate; Bose–Einstein statistics; Bose–Einstein distribution; Bose–Einstein correlations; Boson;
Spouse	Ushabati Bose (née Ghosh)
Awards	Padma Vibhushan; Fellow of the Royal Society;
	Scientific career
Fields	Theoretical physics, quantum mechanics, mathematics
Institutions	University of Calcutta; University of Dhaka; Visva-Bharati;
Academic advisors	Jagadish Chandra Bose; Prafulla Chandra Ray;
Doctoral students	Purnima Sinha; Partha Ghose; Siva Brata Bhattacherjee;
Other notable students	Mani Lal Bhaumik; Lilabati Bhattacharjee; Asima Chatterjee; Ratan Lal Brahmachary;
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
	In office; 3 April 1952 – 2 April 1960
Preceded by	office established
Constituency	Nominated (Education)
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Satyendra Nath Bose FRS, MP^[1] (/ˈboʊs/;^[4]^[a] 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.^[5]^[6]^[7]

The eponymous particles class described by Bose's statistics, bosons, were named by Paul Dirac.^[8]^[9]

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.^[10]

^ ^a ^b Mehra, J. (1975). "Satyendra Nath Bose 1 January 1894 – 4 February 1974". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 21: 116–126. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1975.0002. S2CID 72507392.
^ "Satyendra Nath Bose – Bengali physicist". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
^ "S. N. Bose Biography Project". July 2012. Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
^ "Bose, Satyendra Nath". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021.
^ Wali 2009, pp. xv, xxxiv.
^ Cite error: The named reference Biography was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference SMahanti was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Farmelo, Graham, "The Strangest Man", Notes on Dirac's lecture Developments in Atomic Theory at Le Palais de la Découverte, 6 December 1945, UKNATARCHI Dirac Papers, p. 331, note 64, BW83/2/257889.
^ Miller, Sean (18 March 2013). Strung Together: The Cultural Currency of String Theory as a Scientific Imaginary. University of Michigan Press. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-472-11866-3.
^ Wali 2009, p. xl.

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[frs-1] Mehra, J. (1975). "Satyendra Nath Bose 1 January 1894 – 4 February 1974". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 21: 116–126. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1975.0002. S2CID 72507392.

[2] "Satyendra Nath Bose – Bengali physicist". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

[SNB_Project-3] "S. N. Bose Biography Project". July 2012. Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

[4] "Bose, Satyendra Nath". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021.

[FOOTNOTEWali2009xv,_xxxiv-6] Wali 2009, pp. xv, xxxiv.

[Biography-7] Cite error: The named reference Biography was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[SMahanti-8] Cite error: The named reference SMahanti was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[9] Farmelo, Graham, "The Strangest Man", Notes on Dirac's lecture Developments in Atomic Theory at Le Palais de la Découverte, 6 December 1945, UKNATARCHI Dirac Papers, p. 331, note 64, BW83/2/257889.

[Sean2013-10] Miller, Sean (18 March 2013). Strung Together: The Cultural Currency of String Theory as a Scientific Imaginary. University of Michigan Press. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-472-11866-3.

[FOOTNOTEWali2009xl-11] Wali 2009, p. xl.

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