A voyage to Europe in the summer of 1921 gave me the first opportunity of observing the wonderful blue opalescence of the Mediterranean Sea.
C. V. RAMANWe need a spirit of victory, a spirit that will carry us to our rightful place under the sun, a spirit which can recognize that we, as inheritors of a proud civilization, are entitled to our rightful place on this planet. If that indomitable spirit were to arise, nothing can hold us from achieving our rightful destiny.
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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 Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
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It was my great good fortune, while I was still a student at college, to have possessed a copy of an English translation of his great 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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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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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 reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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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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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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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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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 is generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of a professor.
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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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