Satyendra Nath Bose

Satyendra Nath Bose (born January 1, 1894, Calcutta [now Kolkata], India—died February 4, 1974, Calcutta) was an Indian mathematician and physicist noted for his collaboration with Albert Einstein in developing a theory regarding the gaslike qualities of electromagnetic radiation (see Bose-Einstein statistics). Bose, a graduate of the University of Calcutta, taught at the University of Dacca (1921–45) and then at Calcutta (1945–56). Bose’s numerous scientific papers (published from 1918 to 1956) contributed to statistical mechanics,...