Absence Quote by Hermann von Helmholtz

During the first half of the present century we had an Alexander von Humboldt, who was able to scan the scientific knowledge of his…

— Hermann von Helmholtz

“I have been able to solve a few problems of mathematical physics on which the greatest mathematicians since Euler have struggled in vain ...…

— Hermann von Helmholtz

The originator of a new concept...finds, as a rule, that it is much more difficult to find out why other people do not understand…

— Hermann von Helmholtz

There is a kind, I might almost say, of artistic satisfaction, when we are able to survey the enormous wealth of Nature as a…

— Hermann von Helmholtz

The law in question asserts, that the quantity of force which can be brought into action in the whole of Nature is unchangeable, and…

— Hermann von Helmholtz

What we see is the solution to a computational problem, our brains compute the most likely causes from the photon absorptions within our eyes.

— Hermann von Helmholtz

A raised weight can produce work, but in doing so it must necessarily sink from its height, and, when it has fallen as deep…

— Hermann von Helmholtz

The smallest quantity of alcohol scares away novel ideas.

— Hermann von Helmholtz

I think the facts leave no doubt that the very mightiest among the chemical forces are of electric origin. The atoms cling to their…

— Hermann von Helmholtz

A moving body whose motion was not retarded by any resisting force would continue to move to all eternity.

— Hermann von Helmholtz

But heat can also be produced by the friction of liquids, in which there could be no question of changes in structure, or of…

— Hermann von Helmholtz

Windmills, which are used in the great plains of Holland and North Germany to supply the want of falling water, afford another instance of…

— Hermann von Helmholtz