PM Modi gifts Merkel with manuscripts, papers by Indian physicist C V Raman
German Chancellor Angela Merkel with Prime Minister Narendra Modi marvelling at the wonders of technology in Hannover, Germany. (Source: Narendra Modi official Instagram page)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday presented Chancellor Angela Merkel with some manuscripts and papers by noted Indian physicist Sir C V Raman. C V Raman’s pathbreaking work on light scattering had earned him the 1930 Nobel Prize for Physics.
Sir CV Raman, who could read German, also invited leading German scientists of the time to Calcutta University & IISc, Bangalore.
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Terms Raman Effect & Raman Spectrum themselves were coined in 1928 by a German physics professor Dr Peter Pringsheim. http://t.co/WBTE6VxCdZ
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Sir CV Raman had a deep connection with Germany. He was inspired to pursue science as a career by famous German scientist von Helmholtz.
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Sir CV Raman’s work finds extensive application in diverse areas, even quantum chemistry – in which Chancellor Merkel holds a doctorate.
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Presented Chancellor Angela Merkel with some manuscripts and papers by Sir C V Raman. http://t.co/WBTE6VxCdZ pic.twitter.com/sNUGEJZj9A
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Source:: Indian Express
