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.
C. V. RAMANWhen I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
More C. V. Raman Quotes
-
-
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.
C. V. RAMAN -
I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage.
C. V. RAMAN -
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. RAMAN -
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.
C. V. RAMAN -
It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
C. V. RAMAN -
It is generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of a professor.
C. V. RAMAN -
When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water.
C. V. RAMAN -
Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
C. V. RAMAN -
The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.
C. V. RAMAN -
The Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
C. V. RAMAN -
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.
C. V. RAMAN -
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?
C. V. RAMAN -
I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
C. V. RAMAN -
When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
C. V. RAMAN -
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.
C. V. RAMAN