Satyendra Nath Bose was a Bengali-Indian physicist and mathematician, best known for his work with Albert Einstein on the Bose-Einstein Condensate as well being the namesake of the boson particle. Bose was born in Kolkata, India on January 1, 1894 as the eldest and only male child of his family. His mother had no formal education, but ensured that her children never lacked the same. Bose, always having been an intelligent student, was encouraged in the pursuit of studies by his mother.