Author:Jagadish Chandra Bose

Research Papers
(The following original physical papers describe the invention of the radio, as now recognised by the IEEE, vide here and here.)


 * On Polarisation of Electric Rays by Double Refracting Crystals (1895)
 * On A New Electro-Polariscope (1895)
 * On Double Refraction of the Electric Ray by a Strained Dielectric (1895)
 * On the Determination of the Index of Refraction of Sulphur for the Electric Ray (1895)
 * On the Determination of the Wave-length of Electric Radiation by Diffraction Grating (1896)
 * On the Selective Conductivity exhibited by certain Polarising Substances (1897)
 * On the Determination of the Index of Refraction of Glass for the Electric Ray (1897)
 * On the Influence of the Thickness of Air-space on Total Reflection of Electric Radiation (1897)
 * On a Complete Apparatus for the Study of the Properties of Electric Waves (1897)
 * A Simple and Accurate Method of Determination of Index of Refraction for Light (1895)
 * On the Rotation of Plane of Polarisation of Electric Waves by a Twisted Structure (1898)
 * On the Production of a 'Dark Cross' in the Field of Electro-magnetic Radiation (1898)
 * On a Self-recovering Coherer and the Study of the Cohering Action of different Metals (1899)
 * On the Periodicity in the Electric Touch of Chemical Elements. Preliminary Notice (1900)
 * On Electric Touch and the Molecular Changes produced in Matter by Electric Waves (1900)
 * On the Continuity of Effect of Light and Electric Radiation on Matter (1901)
 * On the Similarities between Radiation and Mechanical Strains (1901)
 * On the Strain Theory of Photographic Action (1901):
 * On the Change of Conductivity of Metallic Particles under Cyclic Electromotive Variation (1901)
 * On Electromotive Wave accompanying Mechanical Disturbance in Metals in Contact with Electrolyte (1902)

Patents

 * US Patent 755,840 A (Bose's Wireless Detector) (1904)

Books

 * Response in the Living and Non-Living (1902):, Project Gutenberg
 * Plant Response (1906):
 * Comparative Electro-physiology (1907):
 * Researches on Irritability of Plants (1913)
 * Life Movements in Plants
 * Vol 1 (1918)
 * Vol 2 (1919):, Project Gutenberg
 * Vols 3 & 4
 * The Physiology of the Ascent of Sap (1923)
 * The Physiology of Photosynthesis (1924):
 * Plant Autographs and Their Revelations (1927)
 * Collected Physical Papers (1927): (With Foreword by J. J. Thomson)

Articles

 * The Unvoiced Life, The Modern Review, Vol XXXVIII, December 1925.

Works about Bose

 * To Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose by Rabindranath Tagore, translated by Manmohan Ghose
 * Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose, His Life and Speeches: Project Gutenberg
 * Sir Jagadish Chander Bose, his life, discoveries and writings (1921)
 * The Life and Work of Sir Jagadis C. Bose (1920) by Patrick Geddes:
 * India's Great Scientist and Inventor, Jagadis Chandra Bose by Paramahansa Yogananda
 * Acharya Jagadis Chunder Bose - His Life and Work by Daulat Singh Kothari (1958):
 * Acharya Jagadis Chandra Bose, a Scientist and a Dreamer: An account of the scientific work of Jagadis Chandra Bose: the physical sciences, v. 1 (1895-1918), v. 2 (1919-1921); plant responses, v. 3 (1924-1934); v. 4 comprises of his speeches, selected letters, and articles; v. 5, letters to Rabindranath Tagore. Ed. Prantosh Bhattacharyya, Meher H. Engineer, Arun Kumar Das Gupta, Rukmini Mitra (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
 * Jagadis Chandra Bose and the Indian Response to Western Science (1999) by Subrata Dasgupta (Google Books)
 * Jagadis Chandra Bose and the Indian Response to Western Science (1999) by Subrata Dasgupta (Google Books)

External Resources

 * Works at Internet Archive
 * Works at Project Gutenberg
 * Bose Institute Library