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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.

There Is A Real World Independent Of Our Senses; The Laws Of Nature Were Not Invented By Man, But Forced On Him By The Natural World. They Are The Expression Of A Natural World Order.

A New Scientific Truth Is Usually Not Propagated In Such A Way That Opponents Become Convinced And Discard Their Previous Views. No, The Adversaries Eventually Die Off, And The Upcoming Generation Is Familiarised Anew With The Truth.

What Seems Today Inconceivable Will Appear One Day, From A Higher Stand Point, Quite Simple And Harmonious.

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.