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Niels Bohr

(1885–1962) University Teacher

108 quotes in 348 categories

Niels Bohr was an university teacher.

Quick Facts About Niels Bohr

Born: October 7, 1885
Died: November 18, 1962
Profession: University Teacher
Notable works: Atomic theory and the description of nature: four essays, with an introductory survey.

About Niels Bohr

Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. He was also a philosopher and a promoter of scientific research.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Niels Bohr · Page 3

Predition is risky, especially of the future.

Risk

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We depend on our words... Our task is to communicate experience and ideas to others. We must strive continually to extend the…

Character

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Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.

Crazy

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A deep truth is a truth so deep that not only is it true but it's exact opposite is also true.

Opposites

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We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.

Degrees

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Physics is to be regarded not so much as the study of something a priori given, but rather as the development of…

Accounts

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Einstein, stop telling God what to do!

God

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“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.”

Absurd

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You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth.

Falsehood

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“In our description of nature the purpose is not to disclose the real essence of the phenomena but only to track down,…

Nature

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No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical.

Logical

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It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns what we say…

Nature

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A person who wasn't outraged on first hearing about quantum theory didn't understand what had been said.

Firsts

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Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be

Idiot

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Prediction is difficult, especially the future.

Difficult

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Our task is not to penetrate the essence of things, the meaning of which we do not know anyway, but rather to…

Concepts

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If you have a correct statement, then the opposite of a correct statement is of course an incorrect statement, a wrong statement.…

Courses

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An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.

Science

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A visitor to Niels Bohr's country cottage, noticing a horseshoe hanging on the wall, teasing the eminent scientist about this ancient superstition.…

Ancient

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An independant reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of observation.

Agency

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What is that we human beings ultimately depend on? We depend on our words. We are suspended in language. Our task is…

Communicate

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Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only…

Advancement

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“An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.”

Misquote

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In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.

Actors

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Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.

Able

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