National science day is a jubilant ceremony that is celebrated every year on the 28 of February, to commemorate the discovery of the Raman Effect. The effect was first witnessed and discovered by Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman in 1928. The Discovery further won him the Nobel Prize in the field of Physics in the year 1930. To celebrate the importance of the innovation the day is marked as a celebration- to upkeep the feel and exuberance of the day we have listed some of the most riveting and innovative quotes that continue to encourage scientists, Students as well as enthusiasts.
His Most Influential Quotes:
- “I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental, or military pressures.”
- “It is generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of a professor. In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.”
- “We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex. I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.”
- “The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.”
- “The true wealth of a nation consists not in the stored-up gold but in the intellectual and physical strength of its people.”
- “The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.”
- “We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.”
- “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.”
- “It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.”
Through the list we commemorate the impetus of thinking beyond that scientists like Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman have left behind.
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