The Assumption Of An Absolute Determinism Is

When I Began My Physical Studies [in Munich In 1874] And Sought Advice From My Venerable Teacher Philipp Von Jolly...he Portrayed To Me Physics As A Highly Developed, Almost Fully Matured Science...possibly In One Or Another Nook There Would Perhaps Be A Dust Particle Or A Small Bubble To Be Examined And Classified, But The System As A Whole Stood There Fairly Secured, And Theoretical Physics Approached Visibly That Degree Of Perfection Which, For Example, Geometry Has Had Already For Centuries.

If E Is Considered To Be A Continuously Divisible Quantity, This Distribution Is Possible In Infinitely Many Ways. We Consider, However-this Is The Most Essential Point Of The Whole Calculation-e To Be Composed Of A Well-defined Number Of Equal Parts And Use Thereto The Constant Of Nature H = 6.55 ×10-27 Erg Sec. This Constant Multiplied By The Common Frequency ? Of The Resonators Gives Us The Energy Element E In Erg, And Dividing E By E We Get The Number P Of Energy Elements Which Must Be Divided Over The N Resonators.

An Important Scientific Innovation Rarely Makes Its Way By Gradually Winning Over And Converting Its Opponents: What Does Happen Is That The Opponents Gradually Die Out.

Scientific Work Will Never Stop, And It Would Be Terrible If It Did. If There Were No More Problems, You Would Put Your Hands In Your Pockets And Your Head On A Pillow And Would Work No More. In Science Rest Is Stagnation, Rest Is Death.

We Are In A Position Similar To That Of A Mountaineer Who Is Wandering Over Uncharted Spaces, And Never Knows Whether Behind The Peak Which He Sees In Front Of Him And Which He Tries To Scale There May Not Be Another Peak Still Beyond And Higher Up.