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Dizzy Quote by Niels Bohr

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“And anyone who thinks they can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy hasn't yet understood the first thing about it.”

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Anybody who is not shocked by this subject has failed to understand it. [of quantum mechanics]

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Every description of natural processes must be based on ideas which have been introduced and defined by the classical theory.

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