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Homi Bhabha
Homi Bhabha
Homi Bhabha
By: Deepak Gupta
Who is Homi
Bhabha?
Homi Bhabha found a solution to our
electricity problem
India suffers from lack of electricity hence
Homi Bhabha found out how to use
electricity.
First 3 reactors in India
Homi Bhabhas
Life
1
Homi Bhabha was born on 30th October 1909
Grand Father : H J Bhabha Inspector General
of Education Mysore State
Father: Jehangir Hormusji Bhabha Lawyer
Bangalore
Mother: Daughter of Sir. Dinshaw Manekji
PETIT educated in Bangalore
School Education: Cathedral and John
Cannon, Flora Fountain, Bombay
Homi Bhabhas
Life
1
1924: Passed Senior Cambridge Exam (He had
studied Special Theory of Relativity at the age
of 16), Elphinstone College, Royal Institute of
ScienceHe loved mathematics and physics
1927: Joined Gonville and Caius College,
Cambridge, Engineering Tripos (1st Class),
Mathematics Tripos (1st Class)
1930: Continued studies in Theoretical Physics
Homi Bhabha worked with Heitler and made a
theory on Electron showers
1932: Letter to his parents Passion for
physics.
Homi Bhabhas
Life
1
Rouse Ball Travelling Fellowship: Copenhagen,
Zurich; Niels Bohr, Pauli
1935: Ph.D. Under R.H. Fowler
1851: Exhibition Scholarship continued work in
theoretical physics Dirac
1939: September : World War II breaks; Bhabha
returns to India on a short holiday. But had to
stay on because of the war. He joins the physics
Department of IISc at the invitation of C.V.Raman
1940: he joined the Indian Institute of Science
leading cosmic rays.
Homi Bhabhas
Life - 1
1941: FRS
1942: Professor at IISc.
1943: Letter to Dorabji Tata Trust
1945: June, Founding of the TIFR
1948: Atomic Energy Department
Commission
Homi Bhabhas
Life - 2
Homi Bhabhas
Life - 2
And they FINALLY make the reactors named
Cirus, Apsara and Zerlina which is
generating power for us even right now. He
did this with the help from the Government
of India, J R D Tata, and the Canadians.
These generators are placed in Tarapur in
Maharashtra, Rana Pratap Sagar in
Rajasthan and Kalpakam in Tamil Nadu.
Homi Bhabha died in airplane crash in Mout
Blanc, Air India Boeing 707 at 24th January
1966
Bibliography
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http://blogs.siliconindia.com/inspireminds/G
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Last accessed: 15th September 2011
Wired Blogs (2011), Nuclear Power to Explode
in India, but China prefers Coal, Available:
http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/new
s/2007/10/nuclear_report
Last accessed: 15th September 2011
IAEA (2010), Nuclear Power Worldwide : Status
and Outlook, Available:
http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases
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