When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
C. V. RAMANIt 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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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 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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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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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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The Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
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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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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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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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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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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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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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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 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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We 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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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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