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Nature is made in such a way as to be able to be understood. Or perhaps I should put it-more correctly-the other way around, and say that we are made in such a way as to be able to understand Nature.
Werner Heisenberg
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Werner Heisenberg
Age: 74 †
Born: 1901
Born: December 5
Died: 1976
Died: February 1
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It was about three o'clock at night when the final result of the calculation [which gave birth to quantum mechanics] lay before me ... At first I was deeply shaken ... I was so excited that I could not think of sleep. So I left the house ... and awaited the sunrise on top of a rock.
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Uncertainty is NOT I don't know. It is I can't know. I am uncertain does not mean I could be certain.
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Every tool carries with it the spirit by which it has been created.
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...separation of the observer from the phenomenon to be observed is no longer possible.
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An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject and how to avoid them.
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Every word or concept, clear as it may seem to be, has only a limited range of applicability.
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