Radio waves and plants: The life of JC Bose
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The Philosopher in Bose
In switching his attention from radio waves to plants, bose seemed to be looking for an underlying unity of everything in the physical world. Some people might say that bos was allowing the philosopher in him to overshadow the scientist. But on the other hand, knowing what we now know about the way that sodium and potassium carry what are essentially electrical messages in our brain, you could also argue that he had extraordinary forethought in his instincts about this. Andi think itis also worth noting that many european scientists are also deeply interested in philosophy,. like wallace, alfred russell wallace, oliver lodge, and later einstein.
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