More from Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

  1. 1927 General Electric Review Article about Lichtenberg Figures
  2. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg : Experimental Physics from the Spirit of Aphorism (PDF)
  3. Lichtenberg digs deeper than anyone... He speaks from the subterranean depths. Only he who himself digs deep hears him.
  4. He is not a household name. He is something rarer: a name savored by household names.
  5. We may use Lichtenberg's writings as the most wonderful dowsing rod: wherever he makes a joke, there a problem lies hidden.
  6. You must not allow your reading to dominate you but you should dominate your reading.
  7. Why are young widows in mourning so beautiful? (Look into it.)
  8. What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes!

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