The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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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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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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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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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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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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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This was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.
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I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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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 is generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of a professor.
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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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In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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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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A voyage to Europe in the summer of 1921 gave me the first opportunity of observing the wonderful blue opalescence of the Mediterranean Sea.
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When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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