"Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms."

C. V. Raman (1888 - 1970)
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About C. V. Raman

Sir C. V. Raman, born in 1888 in India, was a renowned physicist whose groundbreaking work in the field of light scattering earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930. Raman made significant contributions to the study of sound, light, and optics, and is best known for discovering the Raman effect, which demonstrated the scattering of light particles when passing through a transparent material. His work revolutionized the field of spectroscopy and had a lasting impact on the scientific community.

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