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them. And this excitation sometimes expresses itself in a
turbance produced by the stimulus always exhibits itself
animal tissues to various kinds of stimuli and also found
that all sorts of stimuli produce an excitatory change in
mechanical, thermal, chemical, and electrical. He found
muscle or a plants and together the the tissue, and
nation of inorganic matter (metals and certain rocks) in
which occur under various conditions. He found that they
by electric currents, stung by poison—they all exhibit permanent irresponsiveness of responses seen in and uniformly throughout plant
"feel pain, understand affection,
study of modifications in response,
metals, plants and animals under a common law, he next
toxicated by alcohol, wearied by excessive work, stupe-
visible change of form and sometimes not; but the dis-
all (metals and living tissues) are benumbed by cold, in-
Bose was the first physicist who began an exami-
nerve. He subjected metals to various kinds of stimuli—
Finding that a universal reaction brought
response. He next subjected

and killed essentially the same phenomena of fatigue and depres- sion, together with possibilities of recovery and of exal- which is associated with death—they all are responsive or irresponsive under the same conditions and in same manner. The investigations showed that, in the en- tire range of response phenomena (inclusive as that is of metals, plants and animals) there is no breach of conti- nuity. Bose wrote,

can the same way as a biologist examines a that they give an electric response. to a that of response to stimuli of animal tissue,

sized that plants etc." in an electric proceeded fied by anesthetics, excited by physical blows tation, yet also modifications is no change, acting equally metals made by Bose.

family, Bose study 1880 to to Cambridge recom- and in India for em- professor of physics at to hold Abala Das, who shared in nature is revealed in discusses that - an expansion of God).

great financial hardship to the
year he transferred He received degrees from Cam- bridge in 1884 and from London in 1885. His teachers, including the famous physicist his brilliance him to high British officials Calcutta. Although he encoun- as the first Indian discrimination post, within a few years he was acknowledged as a scientist of a caliber unknown before in India. At that time there was virtually no provision for scientific research in Indian universities, so his achievements were all
went to the University of London in

medicine; after a science. Lord Rayleigh, recognized ployment. Bose became Presidency College, medical her husband's scientific interests. The mystery the jivatma has limited awareness.

At to study mended tered racial Madras the Supersoul (

the is