Every Advance In Knowledge Brings Us Face

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.

Every Advance In Knowledge Brings Us Face To Face With The Mystery Of Our Own Being.

The Spectral Density Of Black Body Radiation ... Represents Something Absolute, And Since The Search For The Absolutes Has Always Appeared To Me To Be The Highest Form Of Research, I Applied Myself Vigorously To Its Solution.

This Is One Of Man's Oldest Riddles. How Can The Independence Of Human Volition Be Harmonized With The Fact That We Are Integral Parts Of A Universe Which Is Subject To The Rigid Order Of Nature's Laws?

I Had Always Looked Upon The Search For The Absolute As The Noblest And Most Worth While Task Of Science.