God Particle - "BOSON"

Real man behind "God Particle"- Satyendra Nath Bose

Satyendra Nath Bose was born on New Year's Day, 1894, in Calcutta to Surendra Nath Bose, an engineer with the East Indian Railway Company. The eldest among seven siblings, Satyendra Nath Bose, attended Hindu School, a school that had made notable contributions to the Bengal Renaissance and the Reformation movement.

He made a name for himself for his mathematical prowess and his love for science. Bose, as a student at the vaunted Presidency College, Calcutta, went on to secure the highest marks in every discipline (a few of them remains unbroken even now). Meghnad Saha, his classmate and another celebrated Indian nuclear scientist after whom the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics is named, came a close second.

Bose would later take up teaching assignments at Calcutta and Dhaka universities where he would set up entire laboratories to teach his students.

Bose's biggest contribution to Particle Physics came in the form of a study that he sought to present before his students at Dhaka to show them that contemporary theory was not in accordance with results gathered from experiments. During this lecture, Bose committed a 'mistake' in applying the theory, which unexpectedly gave a prediction that agreed with the experiment. But the 'error' was a statistical one and not an experimental one.

That would evolve into Bose writing a paper deriving Planck's quantum radiation law without any regard to classical physics. He used a new way of counting states with identical particles. He sent the paper directly to Albert Einstein in Germany.

Bose wrote to Albert Einstein:

“I have ventured to send you the accompanying article for your perusal and opinion. I am anxious to know what you think of it. You will see that I have tried to deduce the coefficient 8π v2/c3 in Planck’s Law independent of classical electrodynamics, only assuming that the elementary regions in the phase-space has the content h3. I do not know sufficient German to translate the paper. If you think the paper worth publication I shall be grateful if you arrange for its publication in Zeitschrift für Physik. Though a complete stranger to you, I do not feel any hesitation in making such a request. Because we are all your pupils though profiting only by your teachings through your writings. I do not know whether you still remember that somebody from Calcutta asked your permission to translate your papers on Relativity in English. You acceded to the request. The book has since published. I was the one who translated your paper on Generalised Relativity.”

Albert Einstein, recognising the importance of the paper, translated it into German himself and submitted it on Bose's behalf to the prestigious Zeitschrift für Physik journal. As a result of this recognition, Bose was able to work for two years in European X-ray and crystallography laboratories, during which he worked with Louis de Broglie, Marie Curie and Einstein himself.

Bose's 'mistake' is today what the world calls Bose–Einstein statistics. This result derived by Bose laid the foundation of quantum statistics, as acknowledged by Einstein and Paul Dirac.

Though Nobel Prize in Physics awards have been awarded in connection with research in this domain, many find it strange that Satyendra Nath Bose himself was not awarded one. But having an elementary particle named after oneself is an honour that far outstrips any award. A Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded every year. But nomenclature of an elementary particle lasts till the end of time.

Also one needs to keep in mind that the theoretical existence of Higgs boson was proposed in 1964 by the group of scientists led by Peter Higgs. So that way, Bose did not play any direct role in this respect. His impact on this entire Higgs boson saga is much of an inspirational and generic one, a fact that is often lost in the face of jingoism

Biggest achievement in Physics-"Shadow of a single atom"

Scientists have been able to click the shadow of a single atom for the very first time - an unprecedented feat crowning efforts lasting more than five years.

Scientist claims to find the "GOD Particle"

The upcoming announcement of the results of the search for the Higgs Boson are promising to be groundbreaking from a scientific point-of-view. There is a lot of information that may be confusing to some and will be misinterpreted by many. The practical application of being that closer to understanding the secrets of the Universe won’t be realized for some time. It was decades from the discovery of radiation to the point where we could harness the power of the atom for power. As I sit here and write this post, I am still awaiting my Mr. Fusion device promised in 1985.

For a great look into the physics behind the Higgs Boson, check out What Finding the Higgs Boson Means over on GeekMom. Here, I want to focus on what the discovery of the Higgs Boson won’t mean.

Cause people to develop super-powers

Nope. Sorry. Not going to happen. The Higgs Boson is already giving you mass. What more do you want? Of course, if they can find an anti-Higgs that can reduce my mass I will open the first high energy physics based diet clinic in the world.

Facilitate time-travel

The Higgs Boson isn’t going to unlock the secrets to time-travel, even if you can get your car up to 88 miles per hour. In a related note, it will also not bring me any closer to my Mr. Fusion.

Open a portal through which alien or extradimensional beings can come to Earth

The Higgs Boson discovery won’t cause a portal to open to anywhere. Not to Hell, Asgard, the Pegasus Galaxy, a galactic trade route, the Eighth Dimension, or what’s left of Alderaan. Well, I understand that Valve is interested in the results for some reason but I’m sure it’s nothing.

Allow transit to an alternate reality where the people are evil and have a goatee

I’m not saying that all people with goatees are evil. Quite the opposite is true, which makes this idea all that much more absurd. Everyone knows that as you grow longer facial hair you become more evil. You would be surprised at the world domination schemes that ZZ Top is working on.

Destroy the earth in an ever expanding black hole

Remember when people said that was inevitable? Do you remember those people? I do. A couple seasons of operation later and we seem to be fine. Unless, of course, The Doctor trapped us in a time-loop right before the singularity formed to save the Earth. It would explain deja vu.
When you hear the sensationalism on the news about what the Higgs Boson discovery could mean, take it with a grain of salt and do a little critical thinking of your own. No need to eye that two meter thermal exhaust port on the side of the Large Hadron Collider.

What Finding the Higgs Boson Doesn’t Mean ??

The announcement of the results of the search for the Higgs Boson are promising to be groundbreaking from a scientific point-of-view. There is a lot of information that may be confusing to some and will be misinterpreted by many. The practical application of being that closer to understanding the secrets of the Universe won’t be realized for some time. It was decades from the discovery of radiation to the point where we could harness the power of the atom for power. As I sit here and write this post, I am still awaiting my Mr. Fusion device promised in 1985.

BSNL launches 3G pocket router for Rs 5,800

NEW DELHI: State-run telecom operator BSNLhas launched a third generation (3G) wireless pocket router in association with communications solutions provider Shyam Networks.

 The 'Winknet Mf50' router comes in handy when there is a need to connect more than one device on a single SIM card.The router will be available in the market with a best buy price of Rs 5,800.A router is a device used for connecting the computer to the internet network.

It is SIM locked with BSNL and anybody who buys the router will be entitled to a plan voucher of Rs 60 which comes bundled with 1GB free data usage