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.
C. V. RAMANThis was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.
More C. V. Raman Quotes
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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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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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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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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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From Calcutta has gone forth a living stream of knowledge in many branches of study. It is inspiring to think of the long succession of scholars, both Indian and European, who have lived in this city, made it their own, and given it of their best.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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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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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 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 whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.
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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
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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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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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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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