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Famous Niels Bohr Quotes
“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
“An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.”
“Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.”
“Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.”
“Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.”
“If you aren't confused by quantum mechanics, you haven't really understood it.”
Source: Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature: Four Essays with an Introductory Survey
Source: Atomic Physics and Human Knowledge
“When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.”
Source: The Periodic System (1920-1923)