1858 – 1937
Jagadish Chandra Bose
IndiaCommunicationsElectrical
Background
An Indian polymath, physicist, and biologist in Kolkata.
Contribution
Pioneered millimetre-wave (microwave) radio in the 1890s and invented early detectors (a semiconductor point-contact detector), foundational to wireless.
Popular credit vs. the record
Bose's contributions to radio and semiconductors were long under-credited outside India.
Associated inventions
Collaborators & contemporaries
Sources & further reading
Each citation names the publisher and the exact reference title.
- Encyclopædia Britannica — technology & biography topic articlesEncyclopædia Britannica · Encyclopedia
- Engineering and Technology History Wiki (ETHW)IEEE / United Engineering Foundation · Professional body
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