The sunlit face of the earth would appear to shine by the light diffused back into space from the land and water-covered areas.
C. V. RAMANThe whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.
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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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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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Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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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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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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When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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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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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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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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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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I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
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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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