The Life and Work of Sir Jagadis C. Bose: An Indian Pioneer of Science : with Portrait and Illustrations |
Contents
Ch1ldhood and Early Educat1on | 1 |
College Days at Calcutta and 1n England | 23 |
Early Struggles | 32 |
F1rst Researches 1n Physics Electr1c Waves | 45 |
Phys1cal Researches cont1nued The Theory of Molecular Stra1n and 1ts Interpretat1ons | 71 |
Response 1n the L1v1ng and NonL1v1ng | 86 |
Hol1days and P1lgr1mages | 108 |
Plant Response | 120 |
The Automat1c Record of Growth | 153 |
Var1ous Movements 1n Plants | 161 |
The Response of Plants to W1reless St1mu lat16n | 172 |
Trop1sms | 193 |
PsychoPhys1cs | 205 |
Fr1endsh1ps and Personal1ty | 217 |
The Ded1cat1on | 227 |
The Bose Research Inst1tute | 242 |
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