Top 5 C. V. Raman Quotes

#1. 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.

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#2. 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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#3. 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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#4. 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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#5. A voyage to Europe in the summer of 1921 gave me the first opportunity of observing the wonderful blue opalescence of the Mediterranean Sea. 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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