The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
C. V. RAMANThe whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.
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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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When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water.
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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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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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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 seemed not unlikely that the phenomenon owed its origin to the scattering of sunlight by the molecules of the water.
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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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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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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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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 I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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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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