Bose (b s), Satyendra Nath 1894-1974. Indian physicist whose work in quantum mechanics provided the base for a statistical description of the behavior of large numbers of bosons. |
Bose [bəʊs]
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1. (Biographies / Bose, Sir Jagadis Chandra (1858-1937) M, Indian, SCIENCE: physicist, SCIENCE: plant physiologist) Sir Jagadis Chandra (dʒəgəˈdiːs ˈtʃʌndrə). 1858-1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist
2. (Biographies / Bose, Satyendra Nath (1894-1974) M, Indian, SCIENCE: physicist) Satyendra Nath (səˈtjɛndrə ˈnɑːθ). 1894-1974, Indian physicist, who collaborated with Einstein in devising Bose-Einstein statistics
3. (Biographies / Bose, Subhas Chandra (1897-1945) M, Indian, POLITICS: nationalist leader) Subhas Chandra (sʊbˈhɑːʃ ˈtʃʌndrə), known as
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| Noun | 1. | Bose - Indian physicist who with Albert Einstein proposed statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of particles; led to the description of fundamental particles that later came to be known as bosons |
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