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
progress paradox
No paradox, no progress.
truth simple opposites
The old saying of the two kinds of truth. To the one kind belongs statements so simple and clear that the opposite assertion obviously could not be defended. The other kind, the so-called 'deep truths', are statements in which the opposite also contains deep truth.
space unions causality
The very nature of the quantum theory ... forces us to regard the space-time coordination and the claim of causality, the union of which characterizes the classical theories, as complementary but exclusive features of the description, symbolizing the idealization of observation and description, respectively.
change time children
Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.
work ideas doe
If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
inspirational creating poetry
When 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.
life drama actors
When searching for harmony in life one must never forget that in the drama of existence we are ourselves both actors and spectators.
inspirational life science
If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.
thinking firsts shows
If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don't know the first thing about it.
thinking progress physics
How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.
inspirational funny time
Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.
spiritual rebel radical
Every valuable human being must be a radical and a rebel, for what he must aim at is to make things better than they are
opposites truth-is
A deep truth is a truth so deep that not only is it true but it's exact opposite is also true.
ideas our-words tasks
What is that we human beings ultimately depend on? We depend on our words. We are suspended in language. Our task is to communicate experience and ideas to others.