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The famous iron pillar in Delhi, erected in the Gupta period (over 1500 years ago), is a marvel. After all these years this pillar stands erect without deterioration. This rustless iron pillar is a tribute to the great ingenuity of our forefathers.
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You give attention to army, police and things like that. Who pays attention to science? When I got the Dan David prize, which is similar to Nobel and given once in a few years by Israel, nobody talked about it. Nobody asked me anything about it. Nobody even knows and nobody understands it. It is so prestigious in the world of science but why didn't anyone write about it?
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Even metals offer some resistance for the passage of electricity. Some materials conduct electricity without any resistance. Such materials are called superconductors.
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The Berkley campus was academically overpowering. In the Tuesday evening colloquia, one would see a galaxy of chemists in the front row, with many Nobel Laureates and members of the National Academy of Science amongst them. It was a daunting task to give talks at these meetings. I managed to survive those occasions.
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Since I set up the Unit, the area of solid state chemistry is no longer called so but is called chemistry of materials. This subject has become important. I set up this Unit in Bangalore much before the subject became important in the world. Now chemistry has two major directions: chemical biology and materials chemistry.
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Pursue your dreams with passion, hard work and dedication.
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Since there was no infrared spectrometer, I managed to record routine infrared spectra of certain compounds here and there, in order to categorize group frequencies. One of these papers became a citation classic.
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Keep a balance between professional and personal life. Find time for your family and the things which interest you.
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It is only since 1911 that we know that atoms contain negatively charged electrons and positively charged nuclei.
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Always gain fresh insights, don't hesitate to ask the right questions.
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An element is a substance which cannot be further reduced to a simpler substance by ordinary processes, and is made up of particles of one kind only.
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Observe leaders closely, learn as much as you can from their leadership styles.
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Those days, poor teachers and poor policemen alone would have maximum children. But my father believed in a sort of family planning. He was known as family planning teacher then.
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Born:
June 30, 1934
(age 89)
Bio:
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao, also known as C.N.R. Rao, is an Indian chemist who has worked mainly in solid-state and structural chemistry. He currently serves as the Head of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India.
Known for:
Understanding Chemistry (2000)
Essentials of Inorganic Materials Synthesis (2015)
Nanotubes and Nanowires (2005)
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