It 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.
C. V. RAMANIt 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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In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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The Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
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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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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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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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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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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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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 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 would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage.
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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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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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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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