Architect of the Atomic Dream HOMI JEHANGIR BHABHA (1909-1966)
Aug 21, 2021
1 minute
BY DR R. CHIDAMBARAM
Arthur Koestler talks of two kinds of leaders, ‘The Yogi’ and ‘The Commissar’. The Yogi is the ‘contemplative thinker’ and Commissar the ‘man of action’. Dr. Bhabha was a renowned theoretical high energy physicist at Cambridge before joining the faculty of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and had done pioneering work on electron-positron scattering—known as ‘Bhabha Scattering’—and cosmic ray showers.
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