In an era where girls were not allowed to attend college, let alone work, Manjit Kaur of Panjab University was accepted at CERN, one of the world's largest and most respected centres for scientific research.
One of the foundations of quantum mechanics is Bose-Einstein statistics. And as you must have noted, the Kolkata physicist’s name comes first — Einstein himself acknowledged that Bose’s was the larger contribution. #ForgottenHero #Science