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.
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.
More C. V. Raman Quotes
-
-
It seemed not unlikely that the phenomenon owed its origin to the scattering of sunlight by the molecules of the water.
C. V. RAMAN -
The Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
C. V. RAMAN -
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. RAMAN -
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?
C. V. RAMAN -
The 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. RAMAN -
When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
C. V. RAMAN -
We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
C. V. RAMAN -
The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.
C. V. RAMAN -
It is generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of a professor.
C. V. RAMAN -
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.
C. V. RAMAN -
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. RAMAN -
We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
C. V. RAMAN -
The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
C. V. RAMAN -
It seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
C. V. RAMAN -
It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
C. V. RAMAN