The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
C. V. RAMANThe 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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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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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
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We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
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In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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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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It seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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