Heinrich Hertz
First to prove existence of electromagnetic waves
Quotes by Heinrich Hertz
Our conceptions of things are formed from a finite number of impressions, and are therefore always incomplete.
The aim of every physical theory is to represent phenomena as consequences of the fundamental laws of mechanics.
The principle of the conservation of energy has shown itself to be the most comprehensive and the most fruitful of all physical laws.
The history of science shows that theories are perishable. With every new truth that is revealed we get a better understanding of Nature and our conceptions and views are modified.
The goal of physics is to reduce all phenomena to mechanics.
We cannot communicate with the outer world otherwise than through the medium of the sense organs.
The images we form are our own work; we are their masters.
The simplest image we can form of the external world is that of a space filled with moving matter.
The laws of nature are the rules according to which the changes of these images occur.
The only justification for our concepts is that they serve to represent the complex of our experiences.
The question of the nature of the forces which act in the interior of bodies is still unanswered.
The physicist's task is to complete as far as possible the connection between the phenomena of nature.
The ether is assumed to be the medium which transmits electromagnetic waves.
I am of the opinion that the problem of the constitution of matter is the most important problem of modern physics.
The theory of electricity and magnetism has been developed to a high degree of perfection.
The phenomena of electromagnetic waves are in every respect analogous to those of light.
The experiments described leave no doubt that light and electricity are phenomena of the same kind.
The propagation in time of a electromagnetic effect is not instantaneous.
We cannot help feeling that the laws of mechanics are of a profound and fundamental significance.
The true value of a physical theory is to be found not so much in its explanation of known facts as in its prediction of new ones.