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.
C. V. RAMANWe 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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It seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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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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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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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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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.
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It seemed not unlikely that the phenomenon owed its origin to the scattering of sunlight by the molecules of the water.
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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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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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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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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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We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
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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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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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