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...such cold temperatures the atoms’ motions are virtually halted, and they begin to behave more like waves than particles. Featured in the Feb. 8 issue of Nature, the study showed that once a laser pulse is shot into one sodium cloud—known as a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC)—it is signficantly compressed and deccelerated. “The light pulse is slowed from 186,000 miles per second to 15 miles per hour, and is also spatially compressed from 1 kilometer to less than half the width of a hair...
...Bose does not believe that the colonial practices of Britain aided global development. He asserts that the Western notion of the nation-state with rigid boundaries and populations ultimately hindered a ‘universalist’ world...
Furthermore, Bose questions the validity of the Roman style of sovereignty, comparing it to the more loosely organized South Asian conception of Empire...
Through these narratives, Bose is able to assert his claim that global unity through trade, travel, and immigration are not solely due to the efforts of Europe and the West. Though the writing may be tedious at times, the topic and thesis of “A Hundred Horizons” is refreshing...
...Hundred Horizons By Sugata Bose Harvard University Press...