题目：C. V. Raman, The Man, the Raman Effect, and the Nobel Prize

主讲人：Professor Barry R. Masters, Visiting Scholar, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts and Visiting Scientist, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

时间：2011年4月17日（周日）14:00-16:00

地点：光电国家实验室A101

报告摘要

Raman spectroscopy is one of the most important techniques that can be used to characterize molecules. How was the Raman Effect discovered? I visited the Raman Research in India and studied the instruments and the papers in the Raman Museum. In addition, I read all of the publications of Raman which are published in six thick volumes.  How this this man who studied accounting and business receive the Nobel Prize for his great works?  I explore the roles of parents and teachers in the development of a person. Next I explore the unique features of Raman's personality. What was the scientific style of Raman? Finally, I will explore Raman's politiical battle with university administrators and why he left the university to create the Raman Research Institute. Raman received the Nobel Prize for his discovery, but the Russian scientists made the same discovery, perhaps earlier. What determines who shall receive scientific credit for a specific discovery. What lessons can we all learn from this story.

Barry R. Masters教授简介：

    Masters教授是OSA、SPIE和AAAS的Fellow，在麻省理工学院讲授过《医学和生物学的历史与人类学》、《生物仪器和测量》、《生物学》、《机械工程学》、《爱因斯坦、奥本海默、费曼：二十世纪物理学》、《生物材料：组织相互作用》、《组织工程原理与实践》、《肿瘤病理生理学和传输现象：一种系统生物学方法》、《生物和医学中的非侵入式成像》、《人类病理学原理与实践》、《功能性人体解剖学》和《哲学：量子力学》等课程，在哈佛大学讲授过《生物物理前沿》、《生物伦理学、法律和生命科学》、《列奥纳多•达•芬奇：艺术的科学与科学的艺术》、《科学、权利与政治》、《二十世纪癌症与医学》、《科学革命》、《The Cell in Theory and History》、《古代晚期和中世纪的科学、哲学与宗教》、《后人类科学研究》和《科学知识产权》等课程。

    Masters教授在Biophysical Journal、Optics Express等国际学术期刊发表论文80余篇，著作的书籍多达128本。他是Noninvasive Diagnostic Techniques in Ophthalmology、Medical Optical Tomography: Functional Imaging and Monitoring、Selected Papers on Confocal Microscopy、Selected Papers on Optical Low-Coherence Reflectometry and Tomography、Selected Papers on Multiphoton Excitation Microscopy、Confocal Microscopy and Multiphoton Excitation Microscopy: the Genesis of Live Cell Imaging等书的主编或作者，还与麻省理工学院Peter T. C. So教授共同撰写了Handbook of Biomedical Nonlinear Optical Microscopy一书。现在他正在撰写新书Superresolution Optical Microscopy，将由剑桥大学出版社出版。