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When Gustav Robert Kirchhoff’s banker questioned the financial unreliability that would result from Mr. Kirchhoff investing his hard-earned gold in Fraunhofer lines, Kirchhoff handed him the medal he had earned from his research and replied “Look here, I have succeeded at last in fetching some gold from the sun.” Despite how phenomenally sassy this quote makes him appear, Kirchhoff lived a quiet life (aside from his incredible scientific contributions, of course). Gustav Robert Kirchhoff was born on March 12, 1824 to Friedrich and Johanna Henriette Kirchoff. Born in Königsberg, Prussia (which is now known as Kaliningrad, Russia), Kirchhoff was raised in a well-respected family that was a part of the thriving intellectual community. His parent’s

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