It was my great good fortune, while I was still a student at college, to have possessed a copy of an English translation of his great work.
C. V. RAMANSuccess can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
More C. V. Raman Quotes
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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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When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water.
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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?
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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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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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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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We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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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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In the history of science, we often find that the study of some natural phenomenon has been the starting point in the development of a new branch of knowledge.
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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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To 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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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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