The Incredible Life of Satyendranath Bose

A little boy growing up in Calcutta (now Kolkata) is brilliant in mathematics.

In school, he is forever remembered as the only student to ever score 110

out of 100 in maths! The boy, Satyendranath Bose, would go on to propose

theories that would change the fi eld of physics forever.

In 1924, Satyendranath Bose wrote a scientifi c paper that impressed the most

famous scientist in the world-Albert Einstein. This paper was translated

by Einstein into German and published for the world to read. Satyendranath

Bose's fi ndings were groundbreaking in the statistical foundations of quantum

mechanics. He carried out statistical calculations for the kind of particles

that were named after him-the boson. Einstein extended his work and

predicted the lowest energy state, called the Bose-Einstein Condensate. It was

experimentally achieved in the twentieth century, seventy years later!

This is the story of an astonishing mind that loved to learn, whether it was

science, literature, or music. It is also about a man who was admired by the

greatest scientists of all time. Satyendranth Bose's fi ndings in the area of

physics made him immortal. This is his amazing story.