If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.
NIELS BOHRWhen it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images and establishing mental connections.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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A deep truth is a truth so deep that not only is it true but it’s exact opposite is also true.
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Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.
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You must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!
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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
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If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don’t know the first thing about it.
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The great extension of our experience in recent years has brought light to the insufficiency of our simple mechanical conceptions and, as a consequence, has shaken the foundation on which the customary interpretation of observation was based.
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Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
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When searching for harmony in life one must never forget that in the drama of existence we are ourselves both actors and spectators.
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The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
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Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
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Predition is risky, especially of the future.
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It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
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The present state of atomic theory is characterized by the fact that we not only believe the existence of atoms to be proved beyond a doubt, but also we even believe that we have an intimate knowledge of the constituents of the individual atoms.
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If you aren’t confused by quantum mechanics, you haven’t really understood it.
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