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Satyendra Nath Bose

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Scientist

The Resume

    (January 1, 1894-February 4, 1974)
    Born in Kolkata (Calcutta), India
    Physicist/mathematician
    Co-developed Bose-Einstein statistics
    Co-predicted the existence of the Bose-Einstein condensate
    Namesake for a class of subatomic particles, the bosons
    Member of the Indian Parliament (1952-58)
    Named president of the National Institute of Sciences in India (1949)
    Named a fellow of the Royal Society (1958)

Why he might be annoying:

    When he was 20, he wed eleven-year-old Ushabala Ghosh in an arranged marriage.
    His initial paper outlining Bose-Einstein statistics (1920) was rejected by several physics journals that felt he had made a basic math error.
    Although several physicists won Nobel Prizes for research into Bose-Einstein statistics, Bose-Einstein condensates and bosons, Bose himself never received one.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He sent a copy of his 1920 paper to Albert Einstein who recognized its importance, expanded on it, and got his and Bose's papers published in the prestigious Zeitschrift fur Physik (1924).
    Two of his children died in infancy.
    He read seven languages: English, Bengali, Hindi, Sanskrit, French, German and Italian.
    He played the flute and esraj (a stringed instrument similar to the violin) and composed several ragas.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 92.86% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 43.48% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 33 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying