Hermann von Helmholtz Quotes

Each individual fact, taken by itself, can indeed arouse our curiosity or our astonishment, or be useful to us in its practical applications.

Hermann von Helmholtz

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• Each individual fact, taken by itself, can indeed arouse our curiosity or our astonishment, or be useful to us in its practical applications.

  

  Hermann von Helmholtz
  • Curiosity
  • Fact
  • Astonishment