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Bhattacharyya, Jharna
- Dengue Fever
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1 Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 29, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 55-57Abstract
Dengue fever, also known as breakbone fever, is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint pain and a skin rash that is similar to measles. In a few cases the disease develops into the life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever, resulting in bleeding, low levels of blood platelets and blood plasma leakage, or into dengue shock syndrome, where low blood pressure occurs.Full Text
- Japanese Encephalitis
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1 IICB, Kolkata, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 28, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 66-66Abstract
Many places in South and North 24-Parganas bordering Calcutta have paddy fields and pigs. Areas within 4-5 km of these are vulnerable to Japanese Encephalitis. The symptoms are rapid onset of high fever, headache, stiffness of neck, disorientation, seizures.Full Text
- Thalassemia
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1 IICB, Kolkata, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 28, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 9-11Abstract
Thalassemias are forms of inherited autosomal recessive blood disorders that originated in the Mediterranean region. In thalassemia, the disorder is caused by the weakening and destruction of red blood cells. Thalassemia is caused by variant or missing genes that affect how the body makes hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is protein in the red blood cells that carries oxygen. People with thalassemia make less hemoglobin and have fewer circulating red blood cells than normal, which results in mild or severe anemia.Full Text
- Achievement and Discovery of Science "Meghnad Saha"
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1 IICB, Kolkata 700 032, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 28, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 67-67Abstract
Meghnad Saha was born on October 6, 1893 in Sheoratali, a village in the district of Dacca, now in Bangladesh. He was the fifth child of his parents, Sri Jagannath Saha and Smt. Bhubaneshwari Devi. His father was a grocer in the village. Meghnad Saha had his early schooling in the primary school of the village. Meghnad Saha managed to pursue his schooling only due to generosity of a local medical practitioner, Ananta Kumar Das who provided him with boarding and lodging in his house.
- Bacterial Endotoxin and Septic Infection
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1 Indian Science Cruiser
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 24, No 1 (2010), Pagination: 21-23Abstract
The sequence of reactions mediated by endotoxin (LPS) leading to the production of sepsis involves Ca2+ and oxygen radicals. Regulation of Ca2+ alteration has been demonstrated earlier in septic condition. Reactive oxygen species specially hydroxyl radical plays an important role in the production of endotoxin related septic infection. Inactivation of these agents (both Ca2+ and oxygen radicals) by Ca2+ channel blocker or antioxidants may be helpful for protecting sepsis mediated derangements, but the application of these agents as drugs in humans has not been fully successful. Polyphenols, especially the catechin group of compounds, are important therapeutic agents, which may be used for the treatment of endotoxemia or sepsis.- Achievement & Discovery
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1 Indian Science Cruiser, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 24, No 2 (2010), Pagination: 60-61Abstract
A Pioneer Chemist in India: Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy
A great teacher, a freedom fighter and a pioneer in chemical industry who got international acclaim - Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy was b om on 1861 in Raruli - Katipara, Khulna district. His father Harish Chandra Roy belonged to a wealthy cultured family. For son's higher education his parents with Prafulla Chandra moved to Calcutta, where in the Hare School Prafulla Chandra got admitted. He learnt Latin and Greek at the age of ten and in later ages he le am t several languages. In 1874 though he joined Albert School, he left for his village to help the poor villagers and to spend time with them.
- Medical Problems of Old Age
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1 Indian Science Cruiser, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 24, No 4 (2010), Pagination: 8-11Abstract
Geriatrics is the branch of medicine that focuses on health promotion and the prevention and treatment of disease and disability in later life. The term itself can be distinguished from gerontology which is the study of ageing process itself The term was proposed in 1909 by Dr.I.L.Nascher. It is cognate with Jara in Sanskrit, which means old. Chromosomal and mitochondrial mutation, unwanted cells and junk accumulation - are all the barriers for the older person to become immortal. In older person genes accelerate aging. The advancement in biotechnology, medical genetics and other electronic devices are facilitating detection and cure of life threatening diseases gradually. Today expert surgeons are successfully reducing the invasiveness of surgical procedures, shortening the post operative recovery time with benefits of minimum costs.
- Nine Scientists awarded Shantiswarup Bhatnagar Award-2010
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1 Indian Science Cruiser, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 24, No 5 (2010), Pagination: 9-10Abstract
This year nine scientists were chosen for the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for their achievement in the field of science & technology. The Shantiswarup Bhatnagar Prizes for science & technology is awarded annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental in science subjects in India.- Beneficial Functions of Tea
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1 Formerly of Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 25, No 1 (2011), Pagination: 28-32Abstract
Green tea contains various nutritious beneficial components with antioxidant activity - polyphenols (especially catechins), minerals, vitamins etc. Catechin content of green tea is more than blade and oolong teas. Green tea potential is widely demonstrated in vitro and in animal studies. Additionally catechins possess antimutagenic antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antiviral properties. Green tea also reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer. Future studies are necessary considering dietetic environmental and life style factors to understand its contribution to human health.
- Dr Mahendra Lai Sircar - A Legendary Indian Physician
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1 Formerly IICB, Calcutta, Indian Science Cruiser, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 25, No 1 (2011), Pagination: 57-58Abstract
Dr Mahendra Lai Sircar, a legendary Indian Physician and son of Taraknath Sarkar, was born in 1833 in Paikpara in Howrah. When he was a child of five years he lost his father. He was brought up by his maternal uncles, Iswar Chandra Ghosh and Mahesh Chandra Ghosh in their house in Nebutala in Calcutta. He was sent to a “Gurumasai” or teacher to learn Bengali and to another tutor Tiakurdas Dey, to learn English. He then secured admission in the Hare School as a free student in 1840. In 1849 he passed the junior Scholarship Examination and joined Hindu College where he studied upto 1854. He showed a tremendous interest in science and transferred to Calcutta Medical College. He obtained IMS in 1861 and MD in 1863. Mahendralal Sircar and Jagabandhu Bose were the second MDs of the Calcutta University after Chandra Kumar Dey.
- Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis - A Renowned Statistician
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1 Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Calcutta 700 032, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 25, No 2 (2011), Pagination: 43-44Abstract
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, grandson of Gurucharan Mahalanobis, was born in Calcutta on June 29, 1893. Originally their family lived in Bikrampur (Bangladesh). Gurucharan was closely associated with Debendra Nath Tagore and was the President and Treasurer of Brahmo Samaj, came to Calcutta in 1854 from Bikrampur, stayed in 210, Cornwallis Street, Calcutta. Prasanta's father was Subodh Chandra Mahalanobis, a distinguished educationist, studied physiology at Edinburgh University and later became a Professor at the Presidency College.
- Leishmaniasis: Treatment and Medication
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1 IICB, Kolkata, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 25, No 2 (2011), Pagination: 45-46Abstract
Leishmaniasis (kala-azar, Dum Dum Fever), is a disease caused by protozoan parasites that belong to the genus Leishmania and is transmitted by the bite of a certain species of sand fly. Although the majority of the literature mentions only one genus, a new classification for the New World sand flies, elevating several subgenera to the genus level. Elsewhere in the world, the genus Phlebotomus (Sandfly) is considered the vector of leishmaniasis. Most forms of the disease are transmissible only from animals, but some can be spread between humans. Human infection is caused by about 21 to 30 species that infect mammals. The different species are morphologically indistinguishable, but they can be differentiated by isozyme analysis, DNA sequence analysis or monoclonal antibodies.
- Satyendra Nath Bose
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1 IICB, Kolkata 700 032, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 25, No 3 (2011), Pagination: 44-45Abstract
Satyendra Nath Bose, a famous physicist and mathematician was born in Calcutta, in British India, on 1st January 1894. Ho was the eldest of seven children of their parents. His father, Surendranath Bose, worked in the Engineering Department of the East India Railway Company. Bose started his education in Hindu School in Calcutta. He later attended for graduation in Presidency College in Calcutta. From the institutions he studied, he earned highest marks. In his life, he came in contact with many eminent teachers such as Jagadish Chandra Bose and Prafulla Chandra Ray from whom he received the teachings to aim high in life. From 1916 to 1921, he was appointed as a lecturer in the Physics Department of the University of Calcutta. In 1921, he then joined in newly formed Dhaka University (now in Bangladesh).
- Drug Targeting for Cancer Treatment
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1 IICB, Kolkata 700 032, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 25, No 3 (2011), Pagination: 46-46Abstract
Nowadays a worldwide question is how the longevity could be enhanced in our lifespan. Researchers have done many experiments on various aspects of ageing to seek the proper answer which is still not clearly understood.
- Marie Curie
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1 IICB, Kolkata, 31 + 32/5, Danesh Sk. Lane, Howrah, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 25, No 4 (2011), Pagination: 58-60Abstract
Marie Sklodowska Curie was a Polish-French physicist-chemist famous for her outstanding research on radioactivity. She was the first person honoured with two Nobel Prizes - in physics and chemistry. She was the first female professor at the University of Paris. She was the first woman to be entombed on her own merits (in 1995) in the Paris Pantheon.
- Osteoporosis and Calcium
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1 IICB, Kolkata 31 + 32/5, Danesh Sk. Lane, Howrah, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 25, No 4 (2011), Pagination: 61-63Abstract
There are things which ‘we could not ignore in old age. These problems are - disability, weakness and dependence on other people. In our society, where no social benefits are there, old age is frightening. In young age if some precautions are taken, then some conditions like osteoporosis could be overcome in course.
- Nobel Prizes in Science 2011
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1 IICB, Kolkata 700 032, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 25, No 5 (2011), Pagination: 52-53Abstract
* Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011 - Daniel Shechtman.
* Nobel Prize in Medicine (2011) - Ralph Steinman.
* Nobel Prize in Physics - Perlmutter, Schmidt and Riess.
- Elderly Nutrition
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1 IICB, Kolkata 700 032, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 25, No 5 (2011), Pagination: 55-57Abstract
With increasing lifespan, the proportion and number of persons in the age- group of 60 yrs and beyond, is increasing both men and women. The population of geriatric persons has been projected to double from 6.23 crore in 1996 to 11.29 crore in 2016. With increasing age, there are metabolic changes, reduction in physical activity, and as a result energy requirement in elderly is substantially lower than young adults.
- Spare Body Parts
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1 IICB, Kolkata 700 032, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 26, No 1 (2012), Pagination: 54-54Abstract
Human body is composed of many organs such as: liver, heart, brain, lungs, kidneys etc. They all play a vital role in maintaining the physiological functions of our body. In diseased condition these systems fail to function properly and sometimes in extreme condition some spare parts of those organs is to be needed.
- Srinivasa Ramanujan
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1 IICB, Calcutta, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 26, No 2 (2012), Pagination: 54-55Abstract
Srinivasa Ramanujan was born in 1887 at Erode in Tamil Nadu, then Madras Presidency, and he displayed remarkable talent even when in junior school. By the time he was 13, he had mastered SL Loney's Trigonometry, a fairly advanced standard textbook of mathematics, one that is normally completed only in university. When he was 16, he chanced upon a collection of problems, and theory in ontime, which had been developed for aspirants to the Tripos Examination of the University of Cambridge. The collection of advanced and difficult problems opened the universe of number theory and higher algebra for Ramanujan.
- Light - Pain Reliever
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1 IICB, Calcutta, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 26, No 2 (2012), Pagination: 58-58Abstract
Scientists from US and Germany have synthesized a chemical substance that cuts off the sensation of pain, when a light is shone on it. It leaves other senses and facilities intact as it selectively targets pain-sensing neurons in the brain. The molecule, which goes by the code name QAQ, actually mimics the activity of a new derivative of lidocaine, a local anesthetic, commonly used for tooth extraction by the dentists. Lidocaine derivative, known as QX-314, was first announced in 2007 by a team of researchers from the Harvard Medical School in Boston. Unlike the parent drug QX-314 has the ability to target exclusively the neurons involved in pain sensation. However, the scientists, who developed QAQ, have gone one step further by synthesizing a photosensitive pain blocker. As soon as the molecule is exposed to light, it becomes active and shuts off the pain sensation instantaneously.
- James Dewey Watson
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1 IICB, Calcutta, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 26, No 3 (2012), Pagination: 61-62Abstract
James Dewey Watson was born in Chicago on April 6th, 1928. He was the only son of James D Watson, a businessman and Jean Mitchell. His father's ancestors were originally of English descent and had lived in the Midwest for several generations. His mother's father was a Scottish born tailor married to a daughter of Irish immigrants who arrived in the US about 1840.
- 100 years of Alan Turing - the Father of Computer Science
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1 IICB, Calcutta 700 032, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 26, No 5 (2012), Pagination: 54-55Abstract
Alan Mathison Turing was born in London on 23 June 1912 as recorded by a blue plaque on the outside of the house of his birth, later the Colonade Hotel. His parents wanted their children to be brought up in England, so they moved to Maida Vale. His father Julius Mathison Turing was a member of an old aristocratic family of Scottish descent who worked for the Indian Civil Service (ICS). Julius’s wife was Ethel Sara, daughter of E W Stoney, chief engineer of the Madras Railways. The Stoneys were Protestant Anglo-Irish Gentry family, while Ethel herself spent much of her childhood in County Clare, she was later educated in Dublin. Turing had an elder brother, John. Very early in life Turing showed signs of genius - he was later to display prominently. His parents enrolled him at St. Michael’s and St. Leonards on Sea at the age of six. At the age of 13, he went on to Sherburne School. From his childhood days he was marked as a talented boy.
- Light in the Darkness
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1 IICB, Calcutta - 700 032, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 26, No 5 (2012), Pagination: 60-61Abstract
The reasons of blindness are many. But one of the main reasons is that the retina is unable to receive light signals or process them into electrical impulses to transmit to the brain. In the US, three scientists have patented a device that does the work of eye externally.
- Nobel Prize Winners in Science-2012
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1 IICB, Calcutta 700 032, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 27, No 1 (2013), Pagination: 62-64Abstract
* Medicine.
* Chemistry.
* Physics.
- Ronald Ross
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1 IICB, Calcutta 700 032, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 27, No 2 (2013), Pagination: 63-64Abstract
Ross was born in Almora, India on 13th May 1857. He was the eldest son of General Sir Campbell Claye Grant Ross of the Indian Army and Matilda C Elderton.
At the age of eight Ross was sent to England for his education. After completing his early education in two small schools at Ryde, he was sent to a boarding school at Springhill in 1869. Ross commenced his study of medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London in 1875. He passed his final examination in 1880 and qualified as MRCS and LSA. He joined the Indian Medical Service in 1881. His first posting was in Madras.
- Dr. Upendranath Brahmachari
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1 IICB, Kokata 700 032, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 27, No 3 (2013), Pagination: 64-65Abstract
Rai Bahadur Sir Upendranath Brahmachari was born on 19 December 1873 in Jamalpur, Dist. Munger, Bihar. His ancestral house was in Sardanga village near Purbasthali, District Burdwan of West Bengal, India. His father Nilmony Brahmachari was a physician in East India Railways. His mother’s name was Saurabh Sundari Devi. He completed his early education from Eastern Railways Boys’ High School, Jamalpur. In 1893 he passed BA degree from Hooghly Mohsin College with honours in Mathematics and Chemistry. Thereafter he went to study Medicine with Higher Chemistry. He passed his Masters degree in 1894 from the Presidency College, Kolkata. In MB Examination of 1900 of the University of Calcutta he stood first in Medicine and in Surgery for which he received Goodeve and Macleod awards. He obtained his MD degree in 1902 and was awarded a Ph D degree in 1904, for his research paper on “Studies in Hemolysis” both from the University of Calcutta. In 1898 he married Nani Bala Devi.
- Nobel Prize Winners in Science 2013
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1 IICB, Kolkata - 700 032, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 27, No 6 (2013), Pagination: 59-60Abstract
Medicine: Three Americans won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the machinery that regulates h ow cells transport major molecules in a cargo system that delivers them to the right place at the right place at the right time in cells. The winners are Dr. James E Rothman of Yale University, Dr. Randy W Schekman of the University of California, Berkley and Dr Thomas C Südhof of Stanford University.- Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman (C V Raman)
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1 IICB, Calcutta - 700 032, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 28, No 1 (2014), Pagination: 63-64Abstract
Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman was born on 7 November 1888 in Trichinopoly, Madras Presidency in British India to R Chandrasekhar Iyer and Parvati Ammal. He was second of their eight children. He was an Indian physicist whose ground breaking work in the field of light scattering earned him the 1930 Nobel Prize for Physics.
- Nobel Prize Winners in Science
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1 IICB, Kolkata 700 032, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 28, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 55-56Abstract
* Medicine.
* Physics.
* Chemistry.
- Dr. Mahendra Lal Sarkar
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 33, No 2 (2019), Pagination: 8-8Abstract
Mahendralal Sarkar was born at Paik Para Village in Howrah District, near Calcutta (now known as Kolkata) in the Bengal Province of British India. He lost his parents early in life. After his father’s death his mother had shifted to his maternal uncles’ house earlier and subsequently he was brought up by his maternal uncles, Iswar Chandra Ghosh & Mahesh Chandra Ghosh in their house at Nebutala in Calcutta. First he was sent to a “Gurumasai” or tutor to learn Bengali and subsequently to another tutor named Thakur Das Dey, to learn English. He secured admission in Hare School as a free student in 1840. In 1849 he passed the joined scholarship exam and joined Hindu College, where he studied up to 1854. At that time Hindu College did not have facilities for teaching seience and as he was bent up to studying medicine, he transferred to Calcutta Medical College.Full Text
- Achievement and Discovery
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 23, No 4 (2009), Pagination: 52-53Abstract
No Abstract.- Achievement & Discovery
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 23, No 5 (2009), Pagination: 52-53Abstract
No Abstract.- Nobel Prize winners in Physics 2009: The Fathers of Fibre Optics and Digital Imaging
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 23, No 5 (2009), Pagination: 58-59Abstract
No Abstract.- Edwin Powell Hubble
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 22, No 2 (2008), Pagination: 35-35Abstract
No Abstract.- Paul Dirac
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1 Indian Science Cruiser, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 22, No 3 (2008), Pagination: 54-55Abstract
No Abstract.- Hideki Yukawa
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1 Indian Science Cruiser
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 22, No 4 (2008), Pagination: 40-41Abstract
No Abstract.- Maria Goeppert Mayer
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1 Indian Science Cruiser, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 22, No 5 (2008), Pagination: 58-58Abstract
No Abstract.- Achievement and Discovery in science
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1 Indian Science Cruiser, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 21, No 4 (2007), Pagination: 41-42Abstract
No Abstract.- In November 1887 Michel son and Morley discovered: “non-existence of ether” Light travels in Vacuo*. We celebrate this report through our November Issue of Indian Science Cruiser
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1 Indian Science Cruiser, IN