Kolkata: The city that bred Nobel laureates
Kolkata is often called the city of ‘bhadralok’, or ‘noble people’ – a city that has been home to educational elites...
Physics
The German physicist who discovered X-rays
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German physicist. In 1895 he was working with cathode rays when he discovered a different...
How the great scientist J.C. Bose fought discrimination and won
Jagadish Chandra Bose as a professor of Physics at Presidency College, Kolkata, was offered a salary substantially lower than his...
Tragic life of Nobel Prize winner Max Planck
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck was a German physicist who discovered quantum physics. He was the founder of quantum theory,...
Innovators born in 1887
The year 2012 celebrated the 125 years of five innovators, Henry Moseley, Sukumar Ray, Erwin Schrödinger, Jamini Roy, and Srinivasa...
The golden era of Indian physics
In 1920, Meghnad Saha discovered his ionization formula (Saha Ionization Equation). In 1924, Satyendra Nath Bose found his photon derivation...
