Skip to content

Man’s search for metals goes back to prehistoric times. Metals have been used for several thousands of years in India. Certain periods in history are associated with specific periods used extensively during that period

— C. N. Ramachandra Rao Understanding Chemistry (1999)

Another quote →

More quotes by C. N. Ramachandra Rao

The only part of the early concept of the elements that has survived is that elements have distinctive properties.

Understanding Chemistry (1999)

It is only since 1911 that we know that atoms contain negatively charged electrons and positively charged nuclei.

Understanding Chemistry (1999)

Philosophers of ancient Greece and India sought an answer to this question [What is matter made of] centuries before Christ.

Understanding Chemistry (1999)

An element is a substance which cannot be further reduced to a simpler substance by ordinary processes, and is made up of particles of one kind only.

Understanding Chemistry (1999)

My hero is Nobel Laureate Neville Mott who published four papers at the age of 92 when he died.

All C. N. Ramachandra Rao quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: C. N. Ramachandra Rao (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.