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 Read Quote
When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water, 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. C. V. Raman Read Quote
I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures. This was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government. C. V. Raman Read Quote
The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter. C. V. Raman Read Quote
We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex. I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit. C. V. Raman Read Quote
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. It has been invariably my experience that I could count on his cooperation and sympathy in every matter concerning my scientific work. C. V. Raman Read Quote
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 ‘The Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces. C. V. Raman Read Quote
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. C. V. Raman Read Quote
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. C. V. Raman Read Quote
We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity. It will not be an activity in which all people can participate. C. V. Raman Read Quote
