It seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
C. V. RAMANIt 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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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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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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I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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It will soon be 25 years from the date of publication of my first research work. That the scientific aspirations kindled by that early work did not suffer extinction has been due entirely to the opportunities provided for me by the great city of Calcutta.
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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 strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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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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In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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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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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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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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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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This was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.
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