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
nature real essence
In our description of nature the purpose is not to disclose the real essence of the phenomena but only to track down, so far as it is possible, relations between the manifold aspects of our experience.
science reality agency
An independant reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of observation.
character reality ideas
We depend on our words...Our task is to communicate experience and ideas to others. We must strive continually to extend the scope of our description, but in such a way that our messages do not thereby lose their objective or unambiguous character...We are suspended in language in such a way that we cannot say what is up and what is down. The word 'reality' is also a word, a word which we must learn to use correctly.
real physics made
Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
expert mistakes narrow
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made but in a very narrow field.
danish future physicist prediction
Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. – Niels Bohr,1885-1962, Danish Physicist
prediction
Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.
absurd contrast fact father favorite maxims obviously opposite opposites profound recognized sorts truth truths
One of the favorite maxims of my father was the distinction between the two sorts of truths, profound truths recognized by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth, in contrast to trivialities where opposites are obviously absurd
energy
Must have something to do with the zero-point energy.
merely quotes
You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
fact obviously opposites profound recognized sorts
Two sorts of truth: trivialities, where opposites are obviously absurd, and profound truths, recognized by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth.
expert knows mistakes narrow quotes worst
An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field.
opposites truth-is truth-and-falsehood
You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth.
dizzy mechanic quantum
Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn't understood it.