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.
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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Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
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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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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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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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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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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 seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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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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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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The Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
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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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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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