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. RAMANI 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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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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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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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 seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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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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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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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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In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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