A light from the periphery
3 Quarks Daily • 1/25/2026 – 1/26/2026
Summary
In 1924, Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose sent a pivotal paper to Albert Einstein that significantly influenced the development of quantum mechanics, according to Richard Fisher in Aeon. This correspondence established Bose's enduring legacy in the scientific community during a time when he was teaching in colonial India.
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