It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
C. V. RAMANIt 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.
More C. V. Raman Quotes
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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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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 whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.
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When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?
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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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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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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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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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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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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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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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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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When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water.
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