Apart. from being a great physicist. Sir J.C.Bosc was also a great botanist, archaeologist and
early writer of science fiction stories. He was the first Indian scientist who
proved experimentally that both animals and plants are sensitive to heat,
light, cold, noise and other external stimuli. He designed a very sensitive in
strum ent—Creseo graph. capable of recording and detecting the minute responses
of the plants due to external stimulants. He wanted that Indians should cultivate
scientific culture .J.C.Bose was honoured in India as well as abroad. He was
elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society London in 1920. He founded the Bose institute in 1917. which is a
premier research institute in the field of physics, chemistry. Botany. Microbiology.
plant molecular and cellular Genetics. immunotechnology and Environmental science
etc• The Government of India honored him by issuing a postal Stamp in his
name.
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