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.
C. V. RAMANWe have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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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 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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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 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 Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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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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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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I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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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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Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
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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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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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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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