This was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.
C. V. RAMANThis was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.
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.
C. V. RAMANTo 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.
C. V. RAMANI would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage.
C. V. RAMANTowards 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. RAMANI strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
C. V. RAMANA voyage to Europe in the summer of 1921 gave me the first opportunity of observing the wonderful blue opalescence of the Mediterranean Sea.
C. V. RAMANAnd it was this belief which led to the subject becoming the main theme of our activities at Calcutta from that time onwards.
C. V. RAMANThe whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.
C. V. RAMANIt is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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.
C. V. RAMANThe sunlit face of the earth would appear to shine by the light diffused back into space from the land and water-covered areas.
C. V. RAMANWhen I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
C. V. RAMANIn reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
C. V. RAMANIt seemed not unlikely that the phenomenon owed its origin to the scattering of sunlight by the molecules of the water.
C. V. RAMANIs 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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