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.
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.
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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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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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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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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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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 seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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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 would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage.
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We 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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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 essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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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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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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