The unheralded Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose sent a letter to Einstein in 1924. It would alter the direction of quantum mechanics
Arts & Letters Daily • 1/24/2026
Summary
Satyendra Nath Bose, an Indian physicist, sent a letter to Albert Einstein in 1924. This correspondence would alter the direction of quantum mechanics.
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