Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Arnold Sommerfeld

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a German physicist Arnold Sommerfeld.

Last updated on November 25, 2024.

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.

German - Physicist | December 5, 1868 - April 26, 1951

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Mathematics is like childhood diseases. The younger you get it, the better.

Arnold Sommerfeld

Thermodynamics 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, it doesn't bother you any more.

Arnold Sommerfeld

If you want to be a physicist, you must do three things-first, study mathematics, second, study more mathematics, and third, do the same.

Arnold Sommerfeld