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.
C. V. RAMANThe 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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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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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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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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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 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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From Calcutta has gone forth a living stream of knowledge in many branches of study. It is inspiring to think of the long succession of scholars, both Indian and European, who have lived in this city, made it their own, and given it of their best.
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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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When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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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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Towards 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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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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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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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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