On 7 November 1888, an extraordinary mind was born in Thiruvanaikoil, near Tiruchirappalli in present-day Tamil Nadu. His name was Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, popularly known as C. V. Raman. He would go on to become one of India’s greatest scientists, win the Nobel Prize in Physics and bring international recognition to Indian scientific research. But…
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Marie Curie: Science in the Service of Humanity
Born on November 7, 1867, in Warsaw, Poland, Marie Curie, originally named Maria Salomea SkĹ‚odowska, was one of the most remarkable scientists in history. Her life was not merely a story of scientific discoveries but also a story of courage, perseverance and the determination to pursue truth in a world that was not ready to…