It seemed not unlikely that the phenomenon owed its origin to the scattering of sunlight by the molecules of the water.
C. V. RAMANIn the history of science, we often find that the study of some natural phenomenon has been the starting point in the development of a new branch of knowledge.
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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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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage.
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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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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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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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In the history of science, we often find that the study of some natural phenomenon has been the starting point in the development of a new branch of knowledge.
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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 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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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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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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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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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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We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
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