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The Bengali surname Bose packs rich history. Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, scientist extraordinaire. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, freedom fighter. Prof Satyendra Nath Bose, after whom is named the boson in particle physics.
And yet, elsewhere in the world, when anyone carrying that surname is asked the question: "Ah, Mr Bose. Any relation...?" he knows they're talking about just one Bose, the one who was alive until Saturday.
Amar Gopal Bose was a pioneer in modern acoustics. He was founder and chairman of the company whose products carry the Bose name into millions of homes and offices across the world. He was that rare combination of scientist, engineer, academic, and star entrepreneur (he made it to the Forbes 2007 list of the world's 400 richest persons). He's in the US National Inventors...