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Subatomic particles have no meaning as isolated entities, but can only be understood as interconnections between the preparation of an experiment and the subsequent measurement.
Fritjof Capra
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Fritjof Capra
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: February 1
Environmentalist
Physicist
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Vienna
Austria
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