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.
C. V. RAMANTo 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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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 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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It is generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of a professor.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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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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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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