It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
C. V. RAMANThe 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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I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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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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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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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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This was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.
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We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
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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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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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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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I 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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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 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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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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In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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