History of Physics

On A Lighter Note – 2

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Satyendranath Bose, whose name is permanently linked with Einstein’s as the formulator of the Bose-Einstein statistics, was known for his extraordinary genius, even as a school boy. His mathematics school teacher at Hindu School, Calcutta, once gave him 110 marks… Read More ›

On A Lighter Note – 1

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Thomas Alva Edison liked to surprise guests at his parties with his new discoveries. On New Year’s eve of 1880, he invited a large number of friends to his laboratory at Menlo Park in New Jersey, 25 miles from New… Read More ›