Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
C. V. RAMANWe have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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The Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
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When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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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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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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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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I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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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 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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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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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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All the instruments of percussion known to European science are essentially nonmusical and can only be tolerated in open air music or in large orchestras where a little noise more or less makes no difference.
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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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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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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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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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The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.
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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 essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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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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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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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 is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
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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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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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