In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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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It seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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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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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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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 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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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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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 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 Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
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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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We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
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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 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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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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