We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
C. V. RAMANIn 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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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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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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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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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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We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
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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 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 seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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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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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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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage.
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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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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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This was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.
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In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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