C. V. Raman and the discovery of the Raman effect (Q1811291)

The so-called Raman effect was discovered virtually simultaneously by C. V. Raman (talk in March 1928) and also by G. S. Landsberg and L. I. Mandelstam (July 1928). The author gives a biographical sketch of Raman through his years in Calcutta (1937--1932) and Bangalore (after 1932). Then he discusses Raman's scientific work (acoustics, astronomy, optics up to 1928, Raman's view of Einstein's light quantum hypothesis, and Compton effect). Also, the authors suggest reasons for why Landsberg and Mandelstam in Russia did not share with Raman the Nobel Prize in Physics for 1930.