Bidhu Bhushan Ray – A Pioneer of X-Ray Spectroscopy

Rajinder Singh is a prolific writer on the history of science, dealing with contributions of Indian scientists. This monograph is the 17th volume in the series. In the preface, author writes: ‘From the Niels Bohr Archive in Copenhagen, I found that B. B. Ray was the first Indian to work under the Dane, Niels Bohr. Ray’s correspondence with physicists like N. Bohr, Samuel Goudsmit and Y. Nishina is not only about the exchange of scientific ideas, but also about the private and political situations. This aroused my interest and I searched for his biography but without success.’