Satyendra Nath Bose

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Indian scientist human physicist theoretical physicist

Satyendra Nath Bose was an Indian theoretical physicist whose work on quantum mechanics led to the development of Bose–Einstein statistics and the concept of bosons.

Aliases (1)

S. N. Bose ×2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian scientist → human → physicist → theoretical physicist →
academicDegree	Master of Science in mixed mathematics →
awardReceived	Fellowship of the Royal Society → National Professor of India title → Padma Vibhushan →
citizenship	British India →
coNamedWith	Albert Einstein →
correspondedWith	Albert Einstein →
countryOfCitizenship	India →
dateOfBirth	1894-01-01 →
dateOfDeath	1974-02-04 →
educatedAt	Presidency College, Calcutta → University of Calcutta →
employer	University of Calcutta → University of Dhaka → Visva-Bharati University →
familyName	Bose →
fieldOfWork	quantum mechanics → statistical mechanics → theoretical physics →
fullName	Satyendra Nath Bose →
gender	male →
givenName	Satyendra →
honouredIn	Bose–Einstein statistics → boson (particle type named after him) →
influenced	development of quantum statistics → theory of bosons →
knownFor	Bose–Einstein condensate (theoretical prediction) → Bose–Einstein statistics → concept of bosons →
memberOf	Fellow of the Royal Society → Indian National Science Academy →
nativeLanguage	Bengali →
notableStudent	Meghnad Saha (collaborator and contemporary Indian physicist) →
placeOfBirth	Bengal Presidency → British India → Calcutta →
placeOfDeath	Calcutta → India → West Bengal →
positionHeld	Dean of Faculty of Science at University of Calcutta → Professor of Physics at University of Calcutta → Professor of Physics at University of Dhaka →
religion	Hinduism →
workedOn	Planck’s law and light quantum hypothesis → derivation of Planck’s radiation law using photon statistics →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bose–Einstein condensate → Bose–Einstein statistics → boson →	namedAfter
Satyendra Nath Bose →	fullName
University of Madras ("S. N. Bose") →	hasNotableAlumni
Bose–Einstein statistics →	historicallyDevelopedBy
Meghnad Saha →	influencedBy
Bose →	notableBearer
Bengali Renaissance →	notableFigure
Constantin Carathéodory ("S. N. Bose") →	notableStudent
Bose–Einstein condensate →	predictedBy