TY  - BOOK
AU  - Uma Parameswaran
AU  - PARAMESWARAN (Uma)
TI  - CV Raman: : A biography
SN  - 9780143066897
U1  - 530.092 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - USA
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Biography
KW  - Physics
KW  - Physicist
N2  - Celebrated for his path-breaking discovery, the Raman Effect, C.V. Raman (1888–1970) was the first non-white and the first Asian to receive a Nobel Prize in the sciences in 1930. He also became the first Indian director of Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. While Raman’s science is great and adequately documented, his personal story is generally not known. In this well-researched, comprehensive volume, the biographer sheds light on Raman’s personal vision, idiosyncrasies and struggles. In the attempt to record his life, she traces the influences and events that made Raman the interesting man and scientist that he was

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