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 thinking tasks
When asked ... [about] an underlying quantum world, Bohr would answer, 'There is no quantum world. There is only an abstract quantum physical description. It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we can say about Nature.'
thinking feelings firsts
And anyone who thinks they can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy hasn't yet understood the first thing about it.
thinking addresses logical
Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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 science thinking
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
inspiration thinking order
Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.
inspirational life thinking
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical.
learning thinking theoretical-physics
It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns what we say about Nature.
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.