After taking mostly mathematics classes at the start of his course, he enquired about the prospects of research in physics from Philipp von Jolly, the professor of physics at Munich, and was told that physics was essentially a complete science with little prospect of further developments.
Matapos nakararami matematika klase sa simula ng kanyang kurso, siya enquired tungkol sa mga prospects ng pananaliksik sa physics mula sa Philipp von masaya, ang propesor ng physics sa Munich, at noon ay sinasabi na ang physics ay mahalagang isang kumpletong agham na may maliit na pag-asam ng karagdagang developments.