Known for his contribution to Bose-Einstein statistics, and Bosons in the area of Quantum Physics.


Known for his contribution to Bose-Einstein statistics, and Bosons in the area of Quantum Physics.

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Today in 1974 - Satyendra Nath Bose died (1 January 1894 – 4 February 1974).

Indian physicist and mathematician who collaborated with Albert Einstein to develop a theory of statistical quantum mechanics, now called Bose-Einstein statistics. In his early work in quantum theory (1924), Bose wrote about the Planck black-body radiation law using a quantum statistics of photons, Plank's Law and the Light Quantum Hypothesis. Bose sent his ideas to Einstein, who extended this technique to integral spin particles. Dirac coined the name boson for particles obeying these statistics. Among other things, Bose-Einstein statistics explain how an electric current can flow in superconductors forever, with no loss. Bose also worked on X-ray diffraction, electrical properties of the ionosphere and thermoluminescence. via Today in Sci.

http://www.biography.com/people/satyendra-nath-bose-20965455#recognition-and-honors

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