Jagadis Chandra Bose

Jagadis Chandra Bose
Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858–1937) was a pioneering Indian scientist and writer known for his groundbreaking research in plant physiology and physics. He demonstrated that plants have the ability to feel pain and respond to stimuli, challenging existing scientific views at the time. Bose authored books like "Response in the Living and Non-Living" and "The Nervous Mechanism of Plants," blending scientific discoveries with philosophical reflections. He was also instrumental in early radio technology, laying the foundation for wireless communication systems.

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CHAPTER ITHE MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF LIVING SUBSTANCES Mechanical response —Different kinds of stimuli —Myograph —Characteristics of response-curve: period, amplitude, form —Modification of response-curves. One of the most striking effects of external disturbance on certain types of living substance is a visible change of form. Thus, a piece of muscle when pinched contracts. The external... more...

On the 30th November, 1858, Jagadis Chunder was born, in a respectable Hindu family, which hails from village Rarikhal, situated in the Vikrampur Pargana of the Dacca District, in Bengal. He passed his boyhood at Faridpur, where his father, the late Babu Bhugwan Chunder Bose, a member of the then Subordinate Executive Service was the Sub-Divisional Officer; and it was there that he derived "the... more...