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Jai Ganesh

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Re: Q20

Good inference drawn, MathsIsFun!

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JohnnyReinB

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Re: Q20

Was he European?

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Jai Ganesh

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Re: Q20

#1. Man, dead.
#2. Yes, he was a scientist.
#3. No, he was not born before 1800.
#4. Yes, he was a physicist!
#5. Yes, he was born before 1900!
#6. No, he was not born in America!
#7. Yes, he did have feet!
#8. No, he was not European.

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

JohnnyReinB

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Re: Q20

Non-game:

By america, does it mean both north and south, or just the USA?

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Jai Ganesh

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Re: Q20

Answer (non-game). Talking of continents, all is included. Otherwise, it is only US.

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

siva.eas

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Re: Q20

9. Was he Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman?

Jai Ganesh

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Re: Q20

siva.eas,
Absolutely right! What a guess!!!
Sir CV Raman was the person, the Nobel laureate in Physics, the one who discovered Raman Effect!!!
Remarkable!!!!!

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

JaneFairfax

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Re: Q20

Can I go again?

1. Man, alive.

MathsIsFun

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Re: Q20

Not a question ... but a request. At the end of each game it would be nice if a short bio of the person were posted.

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Jai Ganesh

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Re: Q20

#2. Does he hail from the A continents?

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

Jai Ganesh

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Re: Q20

At the end of each game it would be nice if a short bio of the person were posted.

Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (7 November 1888 – 21 November 1970) was an Indian physicist, who was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the Raman effect, which is named after him.

Biography

Early years
Raman was born in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu to a Tamil Brahmin family. At an early age, Raman moved to the city of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

Middle years
He completed his BA and MA in Physics and English from the Presidency College, Madras . He entered Presidency College, Madras, in 1902, and in 1904 passed his B.A. examination, winning the first place and the gold medal in physics; in 1907 he gained his M.A. degree, obtaining the highest distinctions. He joined the Indian Finance Department as an Assistant Accountant General in Calcutta. As the story goes, one evening while returning from work, he spotted the sign of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science. He started visiting the laboratory after office hours and did experiments, which lead to his Nobel Prize winning work.

In 1917, Raman resigned from his government service and took up the newly created Palit Professorship in Physics at the University of Calcutta. Simultaneously, he continued doing research at the IACS, where he became the Honorary Secretary. Raman used to refer to this period as the golden era of his career. Many talented students gathered around him at the IACS and the University of Calcutta. He was president of the 16th session of the Indian Science Congress in 1929.

Raman won the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the Raman effect. Raman spectroscopy is based on this phenomenon. An interesting anecdote goes that he booked his tickets to Stockholm several months before the Nobel prizes were announced.

Raman also worked on the acoustics of musical instruments. He worked out the theory of transverse vibration of bowed strings, on the basis of superposition velocities. This does a better job in explaining bowed string vibration over Helmholtz's approach. He was also the first to investigate the harmonic nature of the sound of the Indian drums such as the tabla and the mridangam.

In 1934, Raman became the director of the newly established Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, where two years later he continued as a professor of physics. In 1947, he was appointed as the first National Professor by the new government of Independent India.

He also started a company called Travancore Chemical and Manufacturing Co. Ltd. in 1943 along with Dr. Krishnamurthy. The Company during its 60 year history, established 4 factories in Southern India.

He was knighted in 1929 and awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1954. Raman was also awarded the Lenin Peace Prize (1957).

CV Raman is the uncle of three world renowned Physicists Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Nobel laureate, Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar FRS, known for Liquid crystal research and Sivaraj Ramaseshan, ex director of Indian Institute of Science.

India celebrates National Science Day on the 28th February of every year to commemorate Raman's discovery in 1928.

Later years
He retired from the Indian Institute in 1948 and a year later he established the Raman Research Institute in Bangalore Karnataka, serving as its director and remained active there until his death in 1970, in Bangalore, Karnataka, at the age of 82.

Quotes
When he was offered a toast during the Nobel function: Being a strict teetotaller he responded,

Sir, you have seen the Raman effect on alcohol; please do not try to see the alcohol effect on Raman.

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

JaneFairfax

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Re: Q20

1. Man, alive.
2. No, he does not hail from the A continents.

Jai Ganesh

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1. Man, alive.
2. No, he does not hail from the A continents.
3. Is he a sportsperson?

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

Zach

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Re: Q20

4. Does he have feet?

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JaneFairfax

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Re: Q20

1. Man, alive.
2. No, he does not hail from the A continents.
3. Yes, he is a sportsperson.
4. Yes, he has feet.

mikau

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Re: Q20

5. is he a soccer player?

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JaneFairfax

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Re: Q20

1. Man, alive.
2. No, he does not hail from the A continents.
3. Yes, he is a sportsperson.
4. Yes, he has feet.
5. No, he is not a soccer player.

siva.eas

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Re: Q20

6. Is he a hockey player?

JaneFairfax

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Re: Q20

1. Man, alive.
2. No, he does not hail from the A continents.
3. Yes, he is a sportsperson.
4. Yes, he has feet.
5. No, he is not a soccer player.
6. No, he is not a hockey player.

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siva.eas

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Re: Q20

7. Was he a basketball player?

JaneFairfax

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Re: Q20

1. Man, alive.
2. No, he does not hail from the A continents.
3. Yes, he is a sportsperson.
4. Yes, he has feet.
5. No, he is not a soccer player.
6. No, he is not a hockey player.
7. No, he was not a basketball player.

MathsIsFun

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Re: Q20

Does his sport involve a ball?

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siva.eas

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Re: Q20

Was he a sports commentator?

JaneFairfax

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Re: Q20

1. Man, alive.
2. No, he does not hail from the A continents.
3. Yes, he is a sportsperson.
4. Yes, he has feet.
5. No, he is not a soccer player.
6. No, he is not a hockey player.
7. No, he was not a basketball player.
8. Yes, his sport involves a ball.
9. No, he was not a sports commentator.

mikau

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Re: Q20

10. is his sport Golf?

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