We all know science is a vast area contains many branches and much information. Now days a serious problem arises that is sticking to the own branch. Another problem is lack of curiosity which is very much danger for the scientific temperament. In this blog we are going to discus about some scientists who creates his own path in science due to their curiosity and enthusiasm.
From last 3 to 4 blogs we are discussing about ancient science and scientists here we are taking a bow to discuss about modern scientific era. Before I publish the history of that era I decided to discus about this interesting topic. Let’s find out what is the reason behind them that they did scientific research? The answer is quite obvious that is curiosity and enthusiasm. In earlier blog we had discussed about Hurdles in the path of science but missed a serious topic that is lacking of curiosity in upcoming generation. In history many inventions occurred due to the curiosity of scientist for example staring at the wave created in a pond Marconi invented radio wave transmission. Here we are going to discuss about scientists who did work in other field despite his different educational background.
The first scientist about whom we are going to discus is Satyendra nath bose . He was a famous Indian mathematicians and physicist. He graduates in mathematics honours from Presidency College, and then after he had done his M.sc. from Ashutosh Mukherjee's newly formed Science College. Despite his mathematics background he changed his path from mathematics to physics. He was co-discoverer of Bose-Einstein condensate. He also derived Planck's quantum radiation law in a paper without reference to classical physics. He also discovered Boson and referred as the father of God’s particle. He was awarded by the second highest civilian award of India Padma bibhusan. He was also a fellow of Royal society.
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You must think SN Bose graduates from mixed mathematics, so how can he change his path? But next scientist about whom we are going to discuss he was a botanist but he had major contributions in physics also. He was none other than world famous botanist and physicist Jagdish Candra Bose. He was the first to tell that plants also have feelings and they give reaction to external stimuli. His curiosity towards physics leads him into new branch of science that is biophysics, so field of researches are Botany, Physics and Biophysics. He was the first to recognise and work on 5g wave. He invented crescograph for measuring growth in plant growth. Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose is the father of modern science in the Indian subcontinent. Despite his contributions and break throughs on wireless connectivity, the Nobel Prize in physics for wireless was awarded to Guglielmo Marconi in 1909. He was also a fellow of Royal society.
If I asked you who is the father of science? Then your answer must be different but the scientist whom I admire the most is Galileo Galilei. You must know his fight against church and struggle to unveil truth. He was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer but do you know about his qualifications? His father had sent him for medical degree but his immense love and curiosity towards physics lead him to different path. He left without finishing his degree. Seeing his contribution towards physics no one can say he had no qualification in physics.
Who is the father of biology and zoology? The answer is Aristotle. This answer may be surprising for some of you, but he was a pure scientist despite he was famous for his philosophy and political knowledge. His qualifications are in natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology and the arts. Despite he was a renowned philosopher his contribution towards science is phenomenal.
Phenomenal physicist who worked in different field of physics, inventor of compound microscope, first person to see cell for the first time, described many microorganisms but qualifications are very much different from his work. Apparently Hooke never took a bachelor's degree. The only Oxford degree associated with his name is the Master of Arts, to which he was nominated in 1663. Meanwhile, Oxford had given him more than a thousand degrees could match. His works were covered in architecture, astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, naval technology, and physics.
Can you believe a person with no formal education can publish different works on physics? Michael Faraday was that scientist about whom we are talking. He studied electromagnetism and electrochemistry and was completely self-taught. Being born the third of four children of a blacksmith just outside of London, England, he had no formal schooling beyond basic reading, writing, and math, and never went to college. He worked in a book binding factory and got curious towards physics during that time. Later he was appointed as assistant in a lab.
In this blog we discussed how curiosity and hunger for knowledge pull someone into different path eventually to different state and into a new successful life. Stay tuned with hungry researcher we are starting a new and exciting journey of modern science.
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