Satyendranath Bose was a brilliant theoretical physicist born this week in 1894 in East Bengal (now Bangladesh).

In 1924, while on faculty at the University of Dacca, he wrote a short paper to Albert Einstein about indistinguishable particles related to quantum theory.

Einstein immediately recognized Bose’ genius, translated the work into German & made sure it was published. Bose ideas led to Bose-Einstein statistics which continue to be studied in quantum mechanics. #science #history

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I've seen Bose's name mentioned in several physics-oriented general interest sorts of books. The Bose-Einstein condensate is a fascinating topic to reflect on, to me.

That's the first time I've seen a photo of him; thanks for putting a face to a name!

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