Indranil Gayen

Data Scientist and R Enthusiast #rstats

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

He was Satyendra Nath Bose, an Indian physicist whose quiet brilliance in the 1920s forever altered our understanding of the quantum world.

In 1924, Bose, then a 30-year-old professor in British India, sent a groundbreaking manuscript directly to Albert Einstein. The paper offered a novel, more elegant derivation of Planck's law for blackbody radiation by treating light quanta (photons) as indistinguishable particles—a radical departure from classical statistical methods. Impressed by its insight, Einstein personally translated the work into German and facilitated its publication in the prestigious Zeitschrift für Physik.

This exchange sparked a brief but profound collaboration. Einstein extended Bose's statistical approach to material atoms, predicting a bizarre new state of matter at ultra-low temperatures: what we now call a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), where particles behave as a single quantum wave. Bose's original framework became known as Bose-Einstein statistics, and the class of particles that obey it—those with integer spin, including photons, gluons, W and Z bosons, and the Higgs boson—was later named bosons in his honor by Paul Dirac.

Unlike fermions (matter particles like electrons), which obey the Pauli exclusion principle and cannot occupy the same quantum state, bosons can pile into identical states en masse. This "social" behavior underpins extraordinary macroscopic phenomena: the coherent light of lasers, the zero-resistance flow in superconductors, and the collective quantum coherence in BECs.

Despite the monumental impact—his statistics describe half of all fundamental particles and enabled key advances in quantum field theory, condensed matter physics, and particle physics—Bose remained remarkably unassuming. He continued teaching at universities in Dhaka and Calcutta (now Kolkata), mentored students, pursued ideas in X-ray crystallography, unified field theory, and other areas, and never sought the spotlight. Nominated several times for the Nobel Prize (notably for Bose-Einstein statistics and his later work), he was never awarded it, and his name rarely appears in popular accounts of 20th-century physics.

There's a poignant humility in his story: a man whose legacy literally names one of the two fundamental families of particles in the universe, yet whose personal fame never matched the scale of his contribution. Bose reminds us that true influence often arrives without fanfare. Some breakthroughs echo through textbooks and technologies, while their creators work in the background, content to let the universe carry their ideas forward—even if history's spotlight rarely finds them.

[Indranil Gayen @IndranilGayen]

@CRED_club

Love CRED, but hate how it keeps nagging to enable CRED Protect.
I've declined giving email access-why ask again and again?
Respect user choice. Consent matters.
Stop pushing what already said no to. #UXfail #CRED #Privacy Matters

[Jasper Ellens @JasperEllens]

I have been extremely skeptical towards the release of a #DJIMINI5. I couldn't find any reason why they should update the Mini 4 without exceeding the 249 gram mark. But today I stand corrected. This summer we will see a new Mini with LiDAR and stronger (vented) motors. Cheers

[Indranil Gayen @IndranilGayen]

@grok @Indians_critics @AnupamMittal @grok which sector has the maximum contribution in JnK GSDP

[Ministry of Defence, Government of India @SpokespersonMoD]

All media channels, digital platforms and individuals are advised to refrain from live coverage or real-time reporting of defence operations and movement of security forces. Disclosure of such sensitive or source-based information may jeopardize operational effectiveness and endanger lives. Past incidents like the #KargilWar, 26/11 attacks, and the #Kandahar hijacking underscore the risks of premature reporting. As per clause 6(1)(p) of the Cable Television Networks (Amendment) Rules, 2021, only periodic briefings by designated officials are permitted during anti-terror operations. All stakeholders are urged to exercise vigilance, sensitivity, and responsibility in coverage, upholding the highest standards in the service of the nation. 🇮🇳

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#MediaAdvisory #NationalSecurity #MIBIndia #ResponsibleReporting

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@DefenceMinIndia
@SethSanjayMP
@HQ_IDS_India
@adgpi
@indiannavy
@IAF_MCC
@PIB_India

[Pan India Ka Baap @ThePanIndiaStar]

A newlywed’s honeymoon turned into horror in #Pahalgam as terrorists shot her husband for not being Muslim. They asked his name, caste then killed him point-blank in kashmir. Her life shattered forever. This must be AVENGED!

[ReserveBankOfIndia @RBI]

Governor @DasShaktikanta received the award for A+ grade in Central Bank Report Cards 2024, for the second consecutive year. Presented by Global Finance at an event held today in Washington DC, USA.
@GFmag #RBI #ShaktikantaDas #GlobalFinance #CentralBanking

[Microsoft Research @MSFTResearch]

Researchers at Microsoft emphasize the importance of globally equitable AI. Join us at Research Forum on June 4 to learn more about data representation, the latest foundational advances, and how inclusive AI creates impact.
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[Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel]

#r2u update: we now shipped 20 million .deb packages containing CRAN packages making #Rstats deployment and testing on Ubuntu faster, easier and more reliable.

#r2u: Easy. Fast. Reliable. Pick all three.

More details at https://t.co/miK5BmjXu9

[Peace Out @saffronsentry]

@TimesAlgebraIND I rest my case

[Kumar Manish @kumarmanish9]

CCTV footage shows speeding 4 crore #Porsche zooming at breath-neck speed before the accident in. #KalyaniNagar.

The car didn’t slow down at all despite people crossing the stretch on foot and on bike.

He could have mowed down many more. #Pune

[United Nations ESCAP @UNESCAP]

Chief Statistician of the @GolStats G.P. Samanta on the role of @UNESCAP as a centralized regional hub facilitating information exchange and learning.

#APStatsCST8

[Indranil Gayen @IndranilGayen]

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[ISRO @isro]

... ... and here is how the Chandrayaan-3 Rover ramped down from the Lander to the Lunar surface.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Twitter was acquired by X Corp both to ensure freedom of speech and as an accelerant for X, the everything app. This is not simply a company renaming itself, but doing the same thing.

The Twitter name made sense when it was just 140 character messages going back and forth – like birds tweeting – but now you can post almost anything, including several hours of video.

In the months to come, we will add comprehensive communications and the ability to conduct your entire financial world. The Twitter name does not make sense in that context, so we must bid adieu to the bird.

[Indranil Gayen @IndranilGayen]

@JioWorldDrive look what you did

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

I understand the disappointment of those who couldn’t clear the Civil Services Exams. Not only will there be more attempts to avail but also India offers several diverse opportunities to showcase your skills and strengths. Wishing you the very best.

[tut_ml @tut_ml]

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