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“In the world of the very small, where particle and wave aspects of reality are equally significant, things do not behave in any way that we can understand from our experience of the everyday world...all pictures are false, and there is no physical analogy we can make to understand what goes on inside atoms. Atoms behave like atoms, nothing else.”

Quote by John Gribbin

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John Gribbin is a renowned science writer, born in March 1946. His works cover a wide range of fields from cosmology to biology, known for their clear and accessible style and for his insightful explanations of complex scientific concepts. more

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