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. RAMANTowards 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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It seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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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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The Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
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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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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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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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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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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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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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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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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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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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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage.
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