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.
C. V. RAMANI would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage.
More C. V. Raman Quotes
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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
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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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When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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I feel it is unnatural and immoral to try to teach science to children in a foreign language They will know facts, but they will miss the spirit.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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