“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 , también conocido como C. N. R. Rao, es un químico indio que ha trabajado principalmente en estado sólido y química estructural. Actualmente es Jefe del Consejo Asesor Científico del Primer Ministro de la India.
Fue distinguido con el premio Bharat Ratna en ciencia e ingeniería en 2014.[1]
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“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)
Fuente: 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)
Fuente: Understanding Chemistry (1999), p. 29