It has been invariably my experience that I could count on his cooperation and sympathy in every matter concerning my scientific work.
C. V. RAMANThe essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
More C. V. Raman Quotes
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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 must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
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When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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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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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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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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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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When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water.
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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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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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I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist 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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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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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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