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A Brief History of Optics
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Historic timeline of major discoveries in optics from Euclid to present, by Web Science Resources. [Report Broken link] |
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A co-traveler of light, colour and beauty: Life and Work of Prof. C. V. Raman
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Illustrated biography of C. V. Raman by V. P. N. Nampoori, International School of Photonics at Cochin University of Science and Technology, India. [Report Broken link] |
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A Gallery of Electromagnetic Personalities
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Short biographical sketches of main contributors to electromagnetism, including Fourier, Hertz, Maxwell, Morse, Rayleigh, Stokes, etc. [Report Broken link] |
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A New Type of Secondary Radiation
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On-line text of the original paper [C. V. Raman and K. S. Krishnan, Nature, 121(3048), 501, March 31, 1928] reporting the first observation of the Raman effect. Courtesy of J. Holler, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, USA. [Report Broken link] |
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A Photographer remembers Sir C. V. Raman
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T. S. Satyan, the veteran photographer, recalls the experience of getting to know and photographing C. V. Raman. Published in Frontline, Volume 19 - Issue 10, May 11-24, 2002. [Report Broken link] |
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An Introduction to Raman Spectroscopy
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Comprehensive introduction to Raman spectroscopy from an historical perspective by J. Javier Laserna, University of Malaga, Spain. [Report Broken link] |
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Arthur Holly Compton
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A biography of Compton, discoverer of the Compton effect or inelastic scattering of x-rays by free electrons, by the Nobel Foundation. [Report Broken link] |
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Biography of Gerhard Herzberg by the Nobel Foundation
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Biography of Gerhard Herzberg (1904--1999). Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1971 "for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic stucture and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals." [Report Broken link] |
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Biography of Raman published by Frontline
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A biography of Raman by T. V. Venkateswaran published by the Indian magazine Frontline to mark the 75th anniversary of the concession of the Nobel Prize (T. V. Venkateswaran, Frontline 22(5) (2005)). [Report Broken link] |
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Biography of Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
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A biography of C. V. Raman by the Nobel Foundation. [Report Broken link] |
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C. V. Raman - Wikipedia Entry
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [Report Broken link] |
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Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
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Short biography of C. V. Raman in a series of Biographical Snapshots of Famous Women and Minority Chemists by the Journal of Chemical Education. [Report Broken link] |
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Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman - Lokpriya.com
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Short biography with emphasis on Raman's influence on science in India. Lokpriya.com is an extensive site on India, it's culture, arts, personalities, and cuisine. [Report Broken link] |
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Curriculum vitae of Manuel Cardona at ISIHighlyCited.com
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The site devoted to most cited scientists by the Institute for Scientific Information has a page with the resume of Manuel Cardona, a leading expert in the field of Raman spectroscopy applied to semiconductor microstructures, high Tc superconductors and materials with tailor-made isotopic compositions. [Report Broken link] |
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Dr. Gerhard Herzberg
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A detailed biography of molecular spectroscopist G. Herzberg including an interview. [Report Broken link] |
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Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
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A collection of some 25,000 historical photographs of physicists, mostly twentieth-century American physicists. American Institute of Physics. [Report Broken link] |
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GCS: Gerhard Herzberg--Spectroscopist
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Biography of molecular spectroscopist G. Herzberg formatted as a resume and details of life and work. [Report Broken link] |
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George Gabriel Stokes
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Biography of G. G. Stokes centered on his major scientific contributions. Stokes studied the red shift of light emitted in photoluminescence. By The School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland. [Report Broken link] |
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Gerhard Herzberg
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A biography of molecular spectroscopist Herzberg by the Nobel Foundation. [Report Broken link] |
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Gerhard Herzberg - An obituary
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Biography of molecular spectroscopist G. Herzberg by N. A. Narasimham and S. A. Ahmad, The Indian Current Science On-Line. [Report Broken link] |
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Great Indian scientists
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Short biography of C. V. Raman and other Indian scientists. International School of Photonics at Cochin University of Science and Technology, India. [Report Broken link] |
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Historical articles from The Spectrum
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The Newsletter of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy Online contains interesting articles on the history of spectroscopy. [Report Broken link] |
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History of Spectroscopy
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Timeline with main highlights in the history of spectroscopy. From the Genesis till now. By James P. Deavor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Charleston, USA. [Report Broken link] |
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James Clerk Maxwell
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A biography of J. C. Maxwell by the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland. [Report Broken link] |
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John William Strutt
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A biography of Strutt (Lord Rayleigh), discoverer of the elastic scattering of light, by the Nobel Foundation. [Report Broken link] |
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John William Strutt (Lord Rayleigh)
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Biography by the Timeline of Nobel Winners, an unofficial web page of the Nobel Prize winners. [Report Broken link] |
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John William Strutt Lord Rayleigh
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A biography of J. W. Strutt (Lord Rayleigh), who developed a theory for the elastic scattering of light, by the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland. [Report Broken link] |
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Manuel Cardona, the 1988 prizewinner in Technical and Scientific Research
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A biography of solid state spectroscopist Cardona by the Fundación Príncipe de Asturias. [Report Broken link] |
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Marcel Louis Brillouin (1854--1948)
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Biography of Marcel Louis Brillouin by the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK. [Report Broken link] |
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Pictures of Famous Physicists
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More than 300 pictures of physicists courtesy of Joachim Reinhardt. [Report Broken link] |
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Presentation Speech for the The Nobel Prize in Physics 1930
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Presentation Speech by Professor H. Pleijel, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The Nobel e-Museum. [Report Broken link] |
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Profile of John Tyndall (1820-1893)
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Biography of Irish scientist John Tyndall posted at the site 'Irish Universities Promoting Science.' [Report Broken link] |
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Raman, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata
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A biography of C. V. Raman by the Encyclopaedia Britannica on line. [Report Broken link] |
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Sérgio Porto (1926-1979)
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Biography of Sérgio Pereira da Silva Porto, brazilian spectroscopist and pioneer of laser Raman spectroscopy. By the University of Campinas, Brazil. [Report Broken link] |
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Sir C. V. Raman
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A short biography of C. V. Raman with some bibliography by Vivek Penumatcha hosted by The Indian-American Scholarship Fund. [Report Broken link] |
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Sir C. V. Raman and the story of the Nobel prize
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Detailed history of the proposal and selection of C. V. Raman for the Nobel Prize in Physics. [Rajinder Singh and Falk Riess, Indian Current Science 75(9) 965 (1998)]. [Report Broken link] |
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Sir Isaac Newton
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Biography of I. Newton by The School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland. He discovered that white light is composed of many different colors. [Report Broken link] |
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Spectroscopic studies of molecular structure
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Nobel Lecture given by Gerhard Herzberg in December 11, 1971. The text can be dwonloaded in PDF format. The Nobel e-Museum. [Report Broken link] |
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The CV of C. V. Raman (F. Agullo-Rueda, ICMM-CSIC)
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Schematic biography of C. V. Raman with major highlights by F. Agulló-Rueda, Materials Science Institute of Madrid, CSIC, Spain. [Report Broken link] |
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The development of group theory
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Early development of general group theory by J. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson in a site devoted to the history of mathematics developed at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK. [Report Broken link] |
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The molecular scattering of light
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Nobel Lecture given by Chandrasekhara V. Raman in December 11, 1930. The text can be dwonloaded in PDF format. The Nobel e-Museum. [Report Broken link] |
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The spirit of a giant
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Vivid description of C. V. Raman personality with many quotations, by G. Venkataraman. The Indian Current Science On-Line. [Report Broken link] |
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William Hayes, Doctor of Science, Purdue University 1996
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Biography of condensed matter spectroscopist W. Hayes by Purdue University. [Report Broken link] |
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Woman who overcame "Raman effect"
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Account of how biochemist Kamala Sohonie entered to work with C. V. Raman overcoming initial negative of the latter to hire women. Article by T. S. Gopi Rethinaraj, The Indian Express. [Report Broken link] |
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[PDF] Evolution of Instrumentation for Detection of the Raman Effect
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Instructive account on the historic evolution of Raman instrumentation, including detectors, dispersive elements, and collection optics. From the first prism spectrometers with photographic plates to the newest systems with CCD detectors and holographic gratings. The slides belong to a presentation given by Fran Adar (Jobin Yvon Horiba) for the Waters Symposium Lecture at Pittcon 2003. [Report Broken link] |
