~ Niels Bohr Quotes ~

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Niels Bohr Quotes


A Danish physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.
Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr mentored and collaborated with many of the top physicists of the century at his institute in Copenhagen. He was part of a team of physicists working on the Manhattan Project. Bohr married Margrethe Nørlund in 1912, and one of their sons, Aage Bohr, grew up to be an important physicist who in 1975 also received the Nobel prize. Bohr has been described as one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century.

Here are some famous quotes by Niels Bohr.

Prediction is very difficult especially about the future.

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Your theory is crazy but it's not crazy enough to be true.

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Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.

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An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.

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Of course I don't believe in it. But I understand that it brings you luck whether you believe in it or not.

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Anyone who says that they can contemplate quantum mechanics without becoming dizzy has not understood the concept in the least.

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The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.