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“Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .”

Quote by Niels Bohr

Book:Collected Works

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Collected Works

This collection brings together a wide array of writings, including novels, short stories, essays, and poems, providing a comprehensive overview of the author's or authors' literary contributions and evolution. more

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Niels Bohr was a Danish physicist renowned for his significant contributions to quantum mechanics. He proposed the Bohr model, which successfully explained the structure of atoms and the spectral lines. Bohr also introduced the principle of complementarity, which emphasizes the complementary nature of particle and wave properties in quantum systems. He was highly respected in the physics community and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. more

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Book:The Public Papers of Chief Justice Earl Warren

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