I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
C. V. RAMANThis was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.
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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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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 generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of a professor.
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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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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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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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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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In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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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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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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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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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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When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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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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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?
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