Arnold Sommerfeld Quotes

Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld, was a German theoretical physicist who pioneered developments in atomic and quantum physics, and also educated and mentored many students for the new era of theoretical physics. He served as doctoral supervisor for many Nobel Prize winners in physics and chemistry .

He introduced the second quantum number and the third quantum number . He also introduced the fine-structure constant and pioneered X-ray wave theory. Wikipedia

✵ 5. December 1868 – 26. April 1951

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Arnold Sommerfeld Quotes

“If I knew something about it, I wouldn’t lecture on it!”

Arnold Sommerfeld

As quoted in: Cassidy, David C., Uncertainty: The Life and Science of Werner Heisenberg (W. H. Freeman and Company, 1992), p. 104.

“Zuko saysThermodynamics is a funny subject. The first time you go through it, you don't understand it at all. The second time you go through it, you think you understand it, except for one or two small points. The third time you go through it, you know you don't understand it, but by that time you are so used to it, so it doesn't bother you any more.”

Arnold Sommerfeld

As quoted in: J.Muller, Physical Chemistry in Depth (Springer Science & Business Media, 1992), p. 1. No primary source is given in that book.
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