TY - BOOK AU - D C V Mallik AU - S Chatterjee TI - Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan SN - 9788173717499 U1 - 925.3 MAL CY - Hyderabad KW - Biography KW - Physics N2 - The first four decades of the 20th century were glorious years for science, especially physics. Our view of the physical world changed forever with the emergence of quantum mechanics and Einstein’s formulation of the theory of relativity. India too contributed significantly to this scientific revolution with the discoveries made by S N Bose, C V Raman and M N Saha, all in the space of about a decade. Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan (1898- 1961) belonged to the same illustrious group ER -