Meghnad Saha

Bengali Astrophysicist (1893-1956) · India · Scientists · Died at 62

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Meghnad Saha was an Indian astrophysicist and politician who helped devise the theory of thermal ionisation. His Saha ionisation equation allowed astronomers to accurately relate the spectral classes of stars to their actual temperatures.

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Meghnad Saha c. 1934

Saha (seated on left) with other scientists at Calcutta University

Meghnad Saha

Bust of Saha at Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

Statue of Saha, University College of Science, Technology & Agriculture

Bust of Saha at Birla Industrial & Technological Museum

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Fellow of the Royal Society

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Meghnad Saha

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Spouse Radha Rani Saha

Child Ajit Kumar Saha

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