Author: Dr Jayanti Dutta

This is the third biography of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose that I have come across. The first one, of course, is the most famous one by Patrick Geddes titled, The Life and Work of Sir Jagadis C Bose, published in 1920 by Longmans in London. This biography was written during Bose’s lifetime by an Englishman, scientist and urban planner. It presents the trials and tribulations of Bose’s life in graphic detail and Indian readers can immediately relate to and are inspired by the goodness of Bose as an individual and his merit as a scientist. That Geddes was himself a great fan…