“Vulnerable, like all men, to the temptations of arrogance, of which intellectual pride is the worst, he [the scientist] must nevertheless remain sincere and modest, if only because his studies constantly bring home to him that, compared with the gigantic aims of science, his own contribution, no matter how important, is only a drop in the ocean of truth.”
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Nouvelles perspectives en microphysique
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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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