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?
C. V. RAMANWe have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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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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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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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 seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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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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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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The Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
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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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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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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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Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
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