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.
C. V. RAMANSuccess can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
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And it was this belief which led to the subject becoming the main theme of our activities at Calcutta from that time onwards.
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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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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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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage.
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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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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 we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water.
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The Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
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I have always thought it a great privilege to have as my colleague in the Palit Chair of Chemistry such a distinguished pioneer in scientific research and education in Bengal as Sir Prafulla Ray.
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We need a spirit of victory, a spirit that will carry us to our rightful place under the sun, a spirit which can recognize that we, as inheritors of a proud civilization, are entitled to our rightful place on this planet. If that indomitable spirit were to arise, nothing can hold us from achieving our rightful destiny.
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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 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 whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.
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It was the late Dr. Mahendra Lal Sircar who, by founding the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, made it possible for the scientific aspirations of my early years to continue burning brightly.
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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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