Biography of Kanada
What is the relationship between man, the universe and their creator? This question has always intrigued philosophers and thinkers. Between 600 B.C. and 200 A.D. there were several attempts by Indian philosophers to find an … read more
Biography of Aryabhata
Nearly five hundred years after the birth of Christ a ritual was held near Khagola, the famous astronomical observatory at the University of Nalanda near Kusumapura (Patna), to mark the “birth” of a treatise that … read more
Biography of Patanjali
Although the Upanishads and the Atharvaveda mention yoga, it was only in the second century B.C. that its fundamentals and techniques were adequately presented. The man who did this was Patanjali in his Yogasutras (Yoga … read more
Biography of Brahmagupta
The mathematician who first framed the rules of operation for zero was Brahmagupta. He was also to give a solution to indeterminate equations of the type ax2 + 1 = y2 and the founder of … read more
Biography of Bhaskara
Leelavati looked entranced at the water-clock her father had brought home. Its movements were fascinating. She had a slight feeling of guilt, for her father had told her never to enter that room. But because … read more
Biography of S. K. Mitra
A shot was fired and a huge balloon rose up, carrying a man with it. The assembled crowd at the Calcutta Maidan cheered. The man, Ram Chandra Chatterjee, was demonstrating that one could ascend by … read more
Biography of Meghnad Saha
In 1905, when the British Government divided Bengal into East and West, the people were outraged. No one more than a 12-year-old schoolboy, Meghnad Saha. He was too young to join the band of revolutionaries … read more
Biography of Satyendra Nath Bose
When that great educationist, Asutosh Mookerjee, founded the University Collage of Science in Calcutta, it did not have even a proper library. So, when in 1916 two brilliant young men joined the collage as lectures, … read more
Biography of K S Krishnan
In 1955 the U.S. National Academy of Sciences invited K.S. Krishnan to be guest speaker at its annual dinner-a rare privilege for any scientist. And Krishnan more than fulfilled expectations. He talked about the change … read more
Biography of Birbal Sahani
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Biography of (Dr.) P. C. Ray
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Biography of Sathyendranath Bose
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Biography of (Dr.) J. C. Bose
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Biography of Raja Ramanna
On May 18, 1974, India tested its first nuclear device in the Pokhran desert in Rajasthan. The credit for this achievement goes to Raja Ramanna and his colleagues, as also to Bhabha, who laid the … read more
Biography of Chandrasekhar Venkat Raman
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (aka C V Raman) was born at Trichinopoly in Southern India on November 7th, 1888 & died on November 21, 1970, the first Indian scientist to win Nobel Prize. His father was … read more