This monograph offers a cultural history of the development of physics in India during the first half of the twentieth century, focusing on Indian physicists Satyendranath Bose (1894-1974), Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888-1970) and Meghnad Saha (1893-1956).
This monograph offers a cultural history of the development of physics in India during the first half of the twentieth century, focusing on Indian physicists Satyendranath Bose (1894-1974), Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888-1970) and Meghnad Saha (1893-1956).
Somaditya Banerjee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy at Austin Peay State University, Tennessee.
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1. Introduction: Writing a History of Modern Science in South Asia 2. Local Visvajaneenata Cosmopolitanism, Bhadralok Culture and the Making of Satyendranath Bose 3. Satyendranath Bose and the Concept of Light Quantum 4. Colonial Modernity and Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman: Verifying the Light Quantum 5. Meghnad Saha: Applying the Light Quantum 6. Final Reflections on Bhadralok physics Bibliography Appendices Appendix A: Satyendranath Bose's letter from Berlin to Jacqueline Eisenmann in 1926 Appendix B: Indian chemist Jnan Ghosh's letter to Saha in Bengali, and Satyendranath Bose's letter to Saha in Bengali Appendix C: Satyendranath Bose's letter to Albert Einstein, June 4,1924 Appendix D: Einstein's postcard to Satyendranath Bose, July2, 1924 Appendix E: Einstein's postcard to Satyendranath Bose July 2, 1924, translated in English Appendix F: Satyendranath Bose's third letter to Einstein, January 27, 1925 Appendix G: Hermann Mark letter of reference for Bose, May 9, 1926 Appendix H: Paul Langevin letter of reference for Bose, April 26, 1926
1. Introduction: Writing a History of Modern Science in South Asia 2. Local Visvajaneenata Cosmopolitanism, Bhadralok Culture and the Making of Satyendranath Bose 3. Satyendranath Bose and the Concept of Light Quantum 4. Colonial Modernity and Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman: Verifying the Light Quantum 5. Meghnad Saha: Applying the Light Quantum 6. Final Reflections on Bhadralok physics Bibliography Appendices Appendix A: Satyendranath Bose's letter from Berlin to Jacqueline Eisenmann in 1926 Appendix B: Indian chemist Jnan Ghosh's letter to Saha in Bengali, and Satyendranath Bose's letter to Saha in Bengali Appendix C: Satyendranath Bose's letter to Albert Einstein, June 4,1924 Appendix D: Einstein's postcard to Satyendranath Bose, July2, 1924 Appendix E: Einstein's postcard to Satyendranath Bose July 2, 1924, translated in English Appendix F: Satyendranath Bose's third letter to Einstein, January 27, 1925 Appendix G: Hermann Mark letter of reference for Bose, May 9, 1926 Appendix H: Paul Langevin letter of reference for Bose, April 26, 1926
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