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.
C. V. RAMANIn 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 generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of a professor.
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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 seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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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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When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water.
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This was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.
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The Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
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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.
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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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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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We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
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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 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 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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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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