The Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
C. V. RAMANThe whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.
More C. V. Raman Quotes
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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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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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A voyage to Europe in the summer of 1921 gave me the first opportunity of observing the wonderful blue opalescence of the Mediterranean Sea.
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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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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 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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We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
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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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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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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 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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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 seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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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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When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water.
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