C. V. Raman Quotes

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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Branch Development Find History Know Knowledge Natural New Often Phenomena Point Science Some Start Study
It is generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of a professor.
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Belive Benefit Derive Generally Guidance Professor Student Under Work
When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water.
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Consider Cover Fact Globe Nearby Oceanic Quater Surface Three Water
When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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Equipment Hardly Hundred My Nobel Prize Rupees Spent Two When I Got
In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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Association Benefit Equality Gift Him Professor Reality Student Under Work
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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Branches Country Forth From Gone Inspire Knowledge Live Stream Location Long Many Place Scholar Study Succession Think
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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Appear Area Back Cover Diffuse Earth Face I Land Light Not Shine Space Sunlight Water Would
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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Children Feel Foreign Immortal Language Science Teach Unnatural
It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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Adequate Day Expression Find Idealism Later Life Manhood Not Often Opportunity Student
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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Be Date Fiest Five From My Publication Research Soon Twenty Will Work Year
It has been invariably my experience that I could count on his cooperation and sympathy in every matter concerning my scientific work.
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Been Concern Corporation Could Count Every Experience Invariably Matter Scientific Sympathy Work
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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Carry Civilized Enlight Inheritor Light Need Place Planet Proud Recognize Righful Spirit Unde
We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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Complex Develop Inferiority Think
The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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Equipment Hard Independent Not Science The Essence Think Work
It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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Activity Be Can Not Participate People Will
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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Apalescene Blue Country First Gave Mediterranean Observe Opportunity Sea Summer Voyage Wonderful Year
I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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Belive Driven Fundamental Government Industrial Instructional Military Pressure Right Strongly
$C. V. Raman Quote - The fundamental importance of the subject of molecular diffraction came first to be recognized through the theoretical work of the late Lord Rayleigh on the blue light of the sky, which he showed to be the result of the scattering of sunlight by the gases of the atmosphere.$

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.
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Atmosphere Fiffranction First Fundamental Importance Molecular People Recognize Result Scatter Show Subject Sunlight Theological
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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Like Molecule Origin Own Phenomenon Scatter Seem Sunlight Unlikely Water
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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Atomic Build Constitution Edifice Fundamental Hypothesis Matter Modern Molecular Physics Whole
We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
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Activity Become Highbrow Language Mother Participate People Science Teach Tongue
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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Always Bengali Chair Colleague Distinguish Education Great People Person Privilege Research Scientist Such Thought
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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Aid Ark Brillant Commercially Decision End February Illumination Mercury Monochromatic Month Obtain Quartz Seal Tok Towards Tube Use
The Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
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Country Known Masterpiece One Person Sensation Tone Well
All the instruments of percussion known to European science are essentially nonmusical and can only be tolerated in open air music or in large orchestras where a little noise more or less makes no difference.
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Country Essential Instrument Large Less Make Mistake More Music Noise Orchestras Percussion Science Tolerate
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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Adress Answer Ask Assertive Atten Belong Class English First Junior People Person Proceed Profesor Reality
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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Any Been Carry Encourage Example Find Foremost Friend Indian Like More never Recognize See Sign There University Who

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