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“Those who are not shocked when they first come across quantum theory cannot possibly have understood it.”

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Niels Bohr

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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