“Build a strong base. The journey to peaks of excellence requires a strong base camp.”
How I made it: CNR Rao, Scientist (2010)
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao, známý také jako C. N. R. Rao je indický chemik. Po přelomu tisíciletí se uchytil jako vedoucí Vědecké rady indického předsedy vlády. C. N. R. Rao má čestné doktoráty z 60 univerzit po celém světě a je autorem asi 1600 výzkumných publikací a 51 knih. Dne 4. února 2014 mu byla prezidentem Pranabem Mukherdžím udělena cena Bharat Ratna . Wikipedia
“Build a strong base. The journey to peaks of excellence requires a strong base camp.”
How I made it: CNR Rao, Scientist (2010)
“My hero is Nobel Laureate Neville Mott who published four papers at the age of 92 when he died.”
After his getting the August-Wilhelm-von-Hofmann Medal for chemistry quoted in Need young scientists to lead: C N R Rao, 11 January 2011, 22 December 2013, Nature Publishing Group http://www.nature.com/nindia/2010/100111/full/nindia.2009.365.html,
Quoted in CNR Rao, a high priest of pure science gets Bharat Ratna, 12 November 2012, 22 December 2013, IBN Live http://ibnlive.in.com/news/world-renowned-scientist-cnr-rao-gets-bharat-ratna/434510-3.html,
How I made it: CNR Rao, Scientist (2010)
Scientist wonders why nobody asks him about Dan David prize (2013)
Zdroj: Understanding Chemistry (1999), p. 36
Quoted in CNR Rao: Bharat finds a jewel in science, 17 November 2013, 22 December 2013, Deccan Chronicle http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131117/news-current-affairs/article/cnr-rao-bharat-finds-jewel-science,
How I made it: CNR Rao, Scientist (2010)
Zdroj: Understanding Chemistry (1999), p. 29