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.
C. V. RAMANAll the instruments of percussion known to European science are essentially nonmusical and can only be tolerated in open air music or in large orchestras where a little noise more or less makes no difference.
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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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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 reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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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 Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
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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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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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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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It seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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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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I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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From Calcutta has gone forth a living stream of knowledge in many branches of study. It is inspiring to think of the long succession of scholars, both Indian and European, who have lived in this city, made it their own, and given it of their best.
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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 not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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