When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
C. V. RAMANIt seemed not unlikely that the phenomenon owed its origin to the scattering of sunlight by the molecules of the water.
More C. V. Raman Quotes
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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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It seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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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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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage.
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The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.
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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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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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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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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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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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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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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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Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
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From Calcutta has gone forth a living stream of knowledge in many branches of study. It is inspiring to think of the long succession of scholars, both Indian and European, who have lived in this city, made it their own, and given it of their best.
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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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