It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
C. V. RAMANSuccess can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
More C. V. Raman Quotes
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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 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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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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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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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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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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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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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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When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water.
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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 Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
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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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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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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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