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If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.

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Niels Bohr
Age: 77 †
Born: 1885
Born: October 7
Died: 1962
Died: November 18
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Nuclear Physicist
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Niels Henrik David Bohr
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