G. C. Lichtenberg (1742-1799)

This image is a photograph of a branching pattern in a piece of plastic. The pattern was created by a process known as dielectric breakdown. It looks like a lightning stroke frozen in time, and for good reason: its creation follows the same basic laws as the flash of lightning in a storm.

Patterns such as this one were generated artificially for the first time by Lichtenberg in the eighteenth century. For this reason they are referred to as Lichtenberg patterns. Georg C. Lichtenberg was born in Darmstadt, Germany. He was very perceptive and was years in front of depth pyschology.

A physicist, writer. He is best known for his satirical wit ridiculing metaphysical and romantic excesses.

Examples :-

Some men come by the name of genius in the same way as an insect comes by the name of centipede -- not because it has a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above fourteen.

He swallowed a lot of wisdom, but all of it seems to have gone down the wrong way.

A good metaphor is something even the police should keep an eye on.

Nothing contributes more to a person's peace of mind than having no opinions at all.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together.

Now that education is so easy, men are drilled for greatness, just as dogs are trained to retrieve. In this way we've discovered a new sort of genius, those great at being drilled. These are the people who are mainly spoiling the market.