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“The actual state of our knowledge is always provisional and... there must be, beyond what is actually known, immense new regions to discover.”

Quote by Louis de Broglie

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Louis de Broglie
Louis de Broglie

Louis de Broglie was a French physicist known for his work on the wave-particle duality, which played a significant role in the development of quantum mechanics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1929 for his contributions. more

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