When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is 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 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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In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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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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This was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.
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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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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 seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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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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The Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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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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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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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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When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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