And it was this belief which led to the subject becoming the main theme of our activities at Calcutta from that time onwards.
C. V. RAMANIt seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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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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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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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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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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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 reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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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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When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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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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I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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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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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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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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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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