And it was this belief which led to the subject becoming the main theme of our activities at Calcutta from that time onwards.
C. V. RAMANAll 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.
More C. V. Raman Quotes
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When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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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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I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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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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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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In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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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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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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This was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.
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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 not unlikely that the phenomenon owed its origin to the scattering of sunlight by the molecules of the water.
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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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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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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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