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C V Raman
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- 1C V Raman: the confident physicist who predicted his Nobel Prize▼C V Raman: the physicist with a 'Himalayan ego' who went to Stockholm convinced he’d win a Nobel prize
A profile of Indian physicist C V Raman revisits his 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the Raman effect, the scattering of light that now carries his name. The piece highlights his legendary self-assurance — described as a 'Himalayan ego' — recalling that he travelled to Stockholm already convinced he would win, and examines how his towering confidence shaped both his science and his reputation.