Jagadish Chandra Bose, born on 30
November 1858, was an Indian polymath, physicist, biologist, biophysicist,
botanist and archaeologist, and an early writer of science fiction. He
pioneered the investigation of radio and microwave optics, made significant
contributions to plant science, and laid the foundations of experimental
science in the Indian subcontinent. IEEE named him one of the fathers of radio
science. Bose is considered the father of Bengali science fiction, and also
invented the crescograph, a device for measuring the growth of plants. A crater
on the moon has been named in his honour.
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