International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 16 (1993), Issue 4, Pages 625-644
S. N. Bose (1894-1974) and the Bose quantum statistics a centennial tribute
Department of Mathematics, University of Central Florida, Orlando 32816, FL, USA
Received 10 May 1993
Copyright © 1993 Lokenath Debnath. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This centennial tribute commemorates Bose the Man and Bose the Scientist. A
survey of S.N. Bose's life and career is presented in some detail. His major scientific
contributions including the discovery of Bose statistics and the novel derivation of the Planck
black body radiation formula are described.