A 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. 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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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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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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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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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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It seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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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 have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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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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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 Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
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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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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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I have always thought it a great privilege to have as my colleague in the Palit Chair of Chemistry such a distinguished pioneer in scientific research and education in Bengal as Sir Prafulla Ray.
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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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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 think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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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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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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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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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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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage.
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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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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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We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
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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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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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