Herbert Kroemer

1928–2024 · German-American physics

Topics: science, learning

• The principal applications of any sufficiently new and innovative technology always have been—and will continue to be—applications created by that technology.

  — Herbert Kroemer

• Ultimately, progress in applications is not deterministic, but opportunistic, exploiting for new applications whatever new science and technology happen to be coming along.

  — Herbert Kroemer

• :: If you can draw one, but don't, then your audience won't know what you are talking about.

  — Herbert Kroemer