The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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.
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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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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 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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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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In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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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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When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water.
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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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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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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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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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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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