Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr
Niels Henrik David Bohrwas a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr was also a philosopher and a promoter of scientific research...
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth7 October 1885
CityCopenhagen, Denmark
butterfly color wings
One thought spectra are marvellous, but it is not possible to make progress there. Just as if you have the wing of a butterfly then certainly it is very regular with the colors and so on, but nobody thought one could get the basis of biology from the coloring of the wing of a butterfly.
science predictions difficult
Prediction is difficult, especially the future.
science reality agency
An independant reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of observation.
spiritual idiot
Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be
technology years opposites
Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Anthropological Commentary The opposite of a trivial truth is false; the opposite of a great truth is also true.
men people details
Rutherford is a man you can rely on; he comes regularly and enquires how things are going and talks about the smallest details - Rutherford is such an outstanding man and really interested in the work of all the people around him.
serious
Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
mechanic quantum subjects
Anybody who is not shocked by this subject has failed to understand it. [of quantum mechanics]
drama actors existence
In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
Predition is risky, especially of the future.
predictions hard
Predictions are hard, especially abot the future.
opposites may ifs
If you have a correct statement, then the opposite of a correct statement is of course an incorrect statement, a wrong statement. But when you have a deep truth, then the opposite of a deep truth may again be a deep truth.
looks firsts doe
There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
One must always do what one really cannot.