We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
C. V. RAMANI think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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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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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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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 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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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 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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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage.
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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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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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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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This was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.
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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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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 seemed not unlikely that the phenomenon owed its origin to the scattering of sunlight by the molecules of the water.
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