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“It seems sensible to discard all hope of observing hitherto unobservable quantities, such as the position and period of the electron... Instead it seems more reasonable to try to establish a theoretical quantum mechanics, analogous to classical mechanics, but in which only relations between observable quantities occur.”

Quote by Werner Heisenberg

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Werner Heisenberg

German theoretical physicist and one of the founders of quantum mechanics, known for his formulation of the uncertainty principle. He made significant contributions to the field of physics, particularly in quantum mechanics and nuclear physics. more

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