Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?
C. V. RAMANTo an observer situated on the moon or on one of the planets, the most noticeable feature on the surface of our globe would no doubt be the large areas covered by oceanic water.
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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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Towards the end of February 1928, I took the decision of using brilliant monochromatic illumination obtained by the aid of the commercially available mercury arcs sealed in quartz tubes.
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The sunlit face of the earth would appear to shine by the light diffused back into space from the land and water-covered areas.
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In the first English class I attended, Prof. E. H. Elliot, addressing me, asked if I really belonged to the Junior B. A. class, and I had to answer him in the affirmative. He then proceeded to inquire how old I was.
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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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The fundamental importance of the subject of molecular diffraction came first to be recognized through the theoretical work of the late Lord Rayleigh on the blue light of the sky, which he showed to be the result of the scattering of sunlight by the gases of the atmosphere.
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It has been invariably my experience that I could count on his cooperation and sympathy in every matter concerning my scientific work.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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It seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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We begin to realise that the molecular scattering of light in liquids may possess an astronomical significance, in fact contribute in an important degree to the observed albedo of the earth.
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It is generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of a professor.
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It seemed not unlikely that the phenomenon owed its origin to the scattering of sunlight by the molecules of the water.
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It will soon be 25 years from the date of publication of my first research work. That the scientific aspirations kindled by that early work did not suffer extinction has been due entirely to the opportunities provided for me by the great city of Calcutta.
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