Julius Robert von Mayer quotes

Julius Robert von Mayer was a German physicist known as one of the founders of the law of conservation of energy. His work laid the groundwork for the first law of thermodynamics. He made significant contributions to our understanding of the relationship between energy and work. Here are 6 of his quotes:

Nature has put itself the problem of how to catch in flight light streaming to the Earth and to store the most elusive of all powers in rigid form. The plants take in one form of power, light; and produce another power, chemical difference.

Julius Robert von Mayer

With heartfelt conviction I say it: A sound philosophy must and can be nothing else than a propaedeutic to Christianity.

Julius Robert von Mayer

Were it not for this inalterable armony, pre-established by God, between subject and object, all our thinking would be necessarily without fruit.

Julius Robert von Mayer

I look upon myself as a musical bricklayer with architectural aspirations.

Julius Robert von Mayer

It's a very good thing for students also to be exposed to people who aren't film students or film scholars but who work in the world of film.

Julius Robert von Mayer