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Dear participants of the International Physics Olympiad 2015
This year the IPhO takes place in India. It is a great honor to be guest of this great country. India is great in almost all aspects: size, population, history and above all in science. Especially
in physics Indian scientists have made important contributions. Just to name a few: Raman (Nobel Prize in 1930 for the scattering of light), Chandrasekhar (Nobel Prize in 1983 for his theories of the evolution of stars) and Bose known for the statistics named after him and used by Einstein to predict the so called Bose-Einstein condensation.
The Physics Olympiad takes place in Mumbai, the capital of the state Maharashtra, being one of the most populous areas in the world with an estimated population of about 20 million. Mumbai is the financial and commercial capital of India and is home of important scientific centers of which several are sponsors of the Olympiad.
No doubt the expectations of the contestants are high. You have been selected by the national organizations of your countries and belong therefore to the top of the world. That is true for each and everyone of you. But like in every competition only a few can be winners. Fortunately that is not the only aim of the IPhO. Just the fact that you are here and that you can meet peers from all over the world with the same fascination for physics, is as important.
I wish you all a splendid time in India and success in the International Physics Olympiad.
JULY 05, 2015
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S. N. Bose: An Eclectic Personality(1894 – 1974)
Satyendra Nath Bose is famously known for laying the foundation for the Bose-Einstein statistics and the theory of Bose-Einstein Condensate. The “Boson” particle was so named by Paul Dirac, an English theoretical physicist, to commemorate the contribution of Bose in developing, with Einstein, the Bose–Einstein statistics— which theorizes the characteristics of elementary particles. The story of exchange of letters between Bose and Einstein are legendary and the exchange of ideas between them led the world to have a better understanding of quantum statistics.
Bose hailed from Kolkata and did his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Mathematics and applied Mathematics respectively. He combined teaching and research and made remarkable advances in areas of statistical mechanics, quantum statistics, x-ray diffraction and electromagnetic waves. He did not pursue doctoral studies but instead continued to work in diverse fields like organic and inorganic chemistry, mineralogy, biology and soil science. Bose was also a great science communicator. He was one of those rare individuals who was equally passionate about philosophy, archeology, the fine arts, literature and languages. He had a flair for languages and promoted the study of science in one’s mother tongue or native language. He was extremely fond of instrumental music and had mastered the art of playing the Esraj (Indian Harp). Above all, Bose was known for his simple and humble nature.
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