And now ... the Bhabha centennial



Besides Peter Drucker (prev post), another great person who would have been 100 years old around this time is Homi J. Bhabha.

While working toward his doctorate in theoretical physics at Cambridge University, Bhabha did groundbreaking research into the absorption of cosmic rays and electron showers. His series of papers on his theories regarding cosmic ray showers were widely-accepted.

Bhabha later set up Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) near Bombay in India. TIFR, by launching a permanent exhibition, is celebrating Bhabha's life and achievements.

Bhabha points to Cathedral & John Connon School (Bombay) for "fostering the love of science." His thought: "For each man can do best and excel in only that thing, of which he is passionately fond, in which he believes, as I do, that he has the ability to do it, that he is in fact born and destined to do it."