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.
C. V. RAMANIt seemed not unlikely that the phenomenon owed its origin to the scattering of sunlight by the molecules of the water.
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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 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 essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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We need a spirit of victory, a spirit that will carry us to our rightful place under the sun, a spirit which can recognize that we, as inheritors of a proud civilization, are entitled to our rightful place on this planet. If that indomitable spirit were to arise, nothing can hold us from achieving our rightful destiny.
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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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In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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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, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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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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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage.
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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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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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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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