“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.”

— C. N. R. Rao

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

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