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. RAMANA voyage to Europe in the summer of 1921 gave me the first opportunity of observing the wonderful blue opalescence of the Mediterranean Sea.
More C. V. Raman Quotes
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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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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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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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It seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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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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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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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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It is generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of a professor.
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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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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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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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