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People From Tiruchirapalli: C. V. Raman, Sujatha Rangarajan, Francis Wyatt, Valentine Munbee Mcmaster, Swami Premananda of Trichy
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-09-15.
ISBN 9781156920152
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Chapters: C. V. Raman, Sujatha Rangarajan, Francis Wyatt, Valentine Munbee Mcmaster, Swami Premananda of Trichy, Vanitha Rangaraju, Kundalam Rangachariar. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, FRS (Tamil: ) (7 November 1888 21 November 1970) was an Indian physicist and Nobel laureate in physics recognised for his work on the molecular scattering of light and for the discovery of the Raman effect, which is named after him. Born to R. Chandrasekhara Iyer in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu. His mother tongue was Tamil. At an early age Raman moved to the city of Vizag, Andhra Pradesh. Studied in St.Aloysius Anglo-Indian High School. His father was a lecturer in mathematics and physics, so he grew up in an academic atmosphere. Raman entered Presidency College, Chennai, in 1902, and in 1904 gained his B.A., winning the first place and the gold medal in physics. In 1907 he gained his M.A., obtaining the highest distinctions. He joined the Indian Finance Department as an Assistant Accountant General In 1917 Raman resigned from his government service and took up the newly created Palit Professorship in Physics at the University of Calcutta. At the same time, he continued doing research at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta, where he became the Honorary Secretary. Raman used to refer to this period as the golden era of his career. Many talented students gathered around him at the IACS and the University of Calcutta. Energy level diagram showing the states involved in Raman signal.On February 28, 1928, through his experiments on the scattering of light, he discovered the Raman effect. It was instantly clear that this discovery was an important one. It gave further proof of the quantum nature of light. Ra...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=276727
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