The Interaction of Matter and Radiation: The Physics of C.V. Raman, S.N. Bose, and M.N. Saha: Part 1: Historical Background

Choudhuri, AR (2024) The Interaction of Matter and Radiation: The Physics of C.V. Raman, S.N. Bose, and M.N. Saha: Part 1: Historical Background. In: Resonance, 29 (11). pp. 1557-1571.

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Abstract

Three extraordinary physics discoveries were made in colonial India, which did not have any tradition of research in modern physics: Saha ionization equation (1920), Bose statistics (1924), and Raman effect (1928). All three discoverers were founding faculty members of the new small physics department of Calcutta1 University, which started functioning in 1916. These discoveries were all on the general topic of interaction between matter and radiation. In this Part (Part 1 of a two-article series), I describe the social and intellectual environment in which these discoveries were made. Part 2 will focus on the science involved in these discoveries. © Indian Academy of Sciences 2024.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Resonance
Publisher:	Springer
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to publisher.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2024 16:47
Last Modified:	07 Dec 2024 16:47
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/87031

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