Google celebrates CV Raman's 125th birthday with a doodle
NEW DELHI: Google on Thursday celebrated CV Raman's 125th birthday by dedicating a doodle on its homepage.
Born on November 7, 1888, in Trichinopoly, Madras Province, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was a renowned physicist whose made significant contributions to the growth of science.
His interest in physics developed from early years of his life. Pursuing his passion, CV Raman won the gold medal in physics in 1904 and passed his BA examination securing first place. He completed his MA in 1907 with distinctions.
CV Raman had researched at IACS after joining the Indian Financial Service as an assistant auditor general for the government of India in 1907.
Raman established Raman Research Institute (RRI) in 1948 entirely on his own without accepting a penny from the government. There was no electricity at RRI in the first year, but that did not deter Raman from conducting several optical experiments with sunlight, a few lenses and a pair of polaroids. He considered a beam of sunlight as the best source. A manually-operated heliostat, kept in operation by voice communication, produced astonishing results. Science was a living religion for him.
CV Raman is known for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the Raman Effect.
His discovery won him the Nobel Prize in 1930, thus making him the first Asian and first non-White to receive any Nobel Prize in the sciences.
To pay tribute to this unique mind, the nation observes National Science Day on February 28. The science day is observed every year to commemorate Dr CV Raman's find of Raman Effect, the inelastic scattering of a photon.
CV Raman died on November 21, 1970 in Bangalore.
Google today remembers CV Raman on his 125th birthday by dedicating a doodle that showcases his portrait along with light rays emitting from a source.
The doodle is available only on Google India pages. It also appears on the homepage of Google Chrome users in India.
NEW DELHI: Google on Thursday celebrated CV Raman's 125th birthday by dedicating a doodle on its homepage.
Born on November 7, 1888, in Trichinopoly, Madras Province, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was a renowned physicist whose made significant contributions to the growth of science.
His interest in physics developed from early years of his life. Pursuing his passion, CV Raman won the gold medal in physics in 1904 and passed his BA examination securing first place. He completed his MA in 1907 with distinctions.
CV Raman had researched at IACS after joining the Indian Financial Service as an assistant auditor general for the government of India in 1907.
Raman established Raman Research Institute (RRI) in 1948 entirely on his own without accepting a penny from the government. There was no electricity at RRI in the first year, but that did not deter Raman from conducting several optical experiments with sunlight, a few lenses and a pair of polaroids. He considered a beam of sunlight as the best source. A manually-operated heliostat, kept in operation by voice communication, produced astonishing results. Science was a living religion for him.
CV Raman is known for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the Raman Effect.
His discovery won him the Nobel Prize in 1930, thus making him the first Asian and first non-White to receive any Nobel Prize in the sciences.
To pay tribute to this unique mind, the nation observes National Science Day on February 28. The science day is observed every year to commemorate Dr CV Raman's find of Raman Effect, the inelastic scattering of a photon.
CV Raman died on November 21, 1970 in Bangalore.
Google today remembers CV Raman on his 125th birthday by dedicating a doodle that showcases his portrait along with light rays emitting from a source.
The doodle is available only on Google India pages. It also appears on the homepage of Google Chrome users in India.
