When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water.
C. V. RAMANWhen I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my 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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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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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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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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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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This was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.
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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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In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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I have always thought it a great privilege to have as my colleague in the Palit Chair of Chemistry such a distinguished pioneer in scientific research and education in Bengal as Sir Prafulla Ray.
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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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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 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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