S.N.BOSE AND S. CHANDRASEKHAR

[ICTP Info Point]

*Joint activity*

/Laboratorio Interdisciplinare (SISSA) - ICTP///


*prof. Kamesh Wali*

Dept of Physics, Syracuse University (USA)

 

_November 20, 2008 – 4.00 p.m_

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_Seminar Room_

_Leonardo Building, I floor - ICTP_

 

*S.N.BOSE AND S. CHANDRASEKHAR*

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The first quarter of the twentieth century is looked upon as the Golden 
Age for science, art, and literature in India, brought on partly by the 
struggle for independence from the British rule. J.C. Bose, C.V. Raman, 
M.N. Saha, Srinivasa Ramanujan, and Rabindranath Tagore, by their 
achievements in scientific and artistic endeavors became national heroes 
along with Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi, and a host of others active 
in the political movement.

In this talk, prof. Wali will reflect upon some highlights of the lives 
and achievements of two eminent scientists of the twentieth century: 
_Satyendra Nath Bose_ is the founder of the Bose-Einstein Statistics; 
_S. Chandrasekhar_, popularly known as Chandra, is well-known for 
setting a limit on the mass of a star to become a white dwarf 
(Chandrasekhar limit) in the course of its evolution, which eventually 
would lead to white dwarf, neutron star and black hole as the three 
final stages of a star