Wilhelm Wien quotes

Wilhelm Wien was a German physicist renowned for his work on blackbody radiation and thermodynamics. His formulation of Wien's displacement law greatly contributed to the development of quantum theory. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discoveries and made lasting impacts on modern physics. Here are 4 of his quotes:

As soon as we step beyond the established boundaries of pure thermodynamic theory, we enter a trackless region confronting us with obstacles which even the most astute of us are almost at a loss to tackle.

Wilhelm Wien

If, as is the custom, I speak mainly about my own researches, I must say that I was fortunate in finding that not everything had yet been gleaned in the field of general thermodynamic radiation theory.

Wilhelm Wien

According to the kinetic theory of gases, the mean kinetic energy of a molecule is a measure of absolute temperature.

Wilhelm Wien