C. N. R. Rao citations (40 citations)

[R. A. Mashelkar, Solid State Chemistry: Selected Papers of C N R Rao, http://books.google.com/books?id=8ZSfo_HUk7oC&pg=PA4, 28 February 1995, World Scientific, 978-981-279-589-2, 4]

“Prof Brown used to say, if it is worth doing, it must be worth publishing. Faraday had said much the same many years earlier. In science, we “ work, finish and publish”. These statements have guided me all through my professional life.”

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Source: Climbing the Limitless Ladder: A Life in Chemistry (2010), p. 30

“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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Scientist wonders why nobody asks him about Dan David prize (2013)

“Substances can exist in three states – gas, liquid and solid. Water exists in all three states: gas (steam or water vapour), liquid (ordinary water) and solid (ice}. Properties of gases, liquids and solids are different.”

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Source: Understanding Chemistry (1999), p. 56

“I am also working on materials never worked on in the world, completely new type of materials on the planet. I am worried not so much for myself, I will go on working. But I am worried for others.”

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Scientist wonders why nobody asks him about Dan David prize (2013)

“Always gain fresh insights, don't hesitate to ask the right questions.”

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How I made it: CNR Rao, Scientist (2010)

“Also, we need to give importance to value systems to promote innovation. We need to develop an ecosystem of innovation and technology will arrive soon. Of the 140 nations rated for innovation, India stood at a lowly 66. We need new ways of doing things and new ways of thinking. We cannot be doing the same things. Jugaad (a temporary solution) is one of them. The atmosphere itself should encourage innovation.”

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Quoted in "We need to have an instinct for self-preservation: C N R Rao".

“The Maharaja of Mysore (then Governor of Mysore), ayachamarajendra Wodeyar, visited Berkeley for a day. I took him around. He was really impressed when he saw the accelerators in the Radiation Laboratory on the hill. He was happy to speak to me in Kannada and even more happy that I knew a little Sanskrit.”

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Source: Climbing the Limitless Ladder: A Life in Chemistry (2010), p. 35

“We couldn’t afford many things, but we had education. My father was a headmaster and later became an education officer. My mother was fantastic: she always told me, ‘Do what you want.’ She gave me total freedom, in fact both my parents did. But I really owe it to my mother. When I said I will go to Banaras (Varanasi) to study, she said, ‘You want to go to Banaras? Ok, go.’ She would say, ‘Don’t worry about money, reading is most important, read and then everything will come.’ My family was very open. Thanks to them I’m what I am today. I am the only child of my parents, so is my wife.”

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Scientist wonders why nobody asks him about Dan David prize (2013)

“Music for me is therapeutic.”

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Quoted in We need to have an instinct for self-preservation: C N R Rao, 30 November 2013, 22 December 2013, Business Standard http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/we-need-to-have-an-instinct-for-self-preservation-c-n-r-rao-113113000358_1.html,

“The Berekley 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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Source: Climbing the Limitless Ladder: A Life in Chemistry (2010), p. 37

“Pursue your dreams with passion, hard work and dedication.”

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How I made it: CNR Rao, Scientist (2010)

“Nanoparticles constitute a major class of nanomaterials. Nanoparticles are zero-dimensional, possessing nonmetric dimensions in all three dimensions.”

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“There are some CNR clones. Prof D D Sharma in chemistry, Prof Ajay Sood in Physics are doing good work. Let’s see many more may come from the younger lot.”

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Scientist wonders why nobody asks him about Dan David prize (2013)

“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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About his initial years of his work in Indian Institute of science after his return from USA, p. 40
Climbing the Limitless Ladder: A Life in Chemistry (2010)

“Observe leaders closely, learn as much as you can from their leadership styles.”

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How I made it: CNR Rao, Scientist (2010)

“Atoms were originally proposed as an idea. Although their presence was proved by various means, people did not think that they could see them directly. This was so until recently. We are now able to directly see atoms by employing powerful microscopic techniques.”

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Source: Understanding Chemistry (1999), p. 22

“The only part of the early concept of the elements that has survived is that elements have distinctive properties.”

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Source: Understanding Chemistry (1999), p. 8