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Niels Henrik David Bohr (October 7, 1885 November 18, 1962) was a Jewish-Danish physicist who made essential contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics..

"An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field."

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"Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future."

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"If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them."

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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 continue. Anthropological Commentary The opposite of a trivial truth is false; the opposite of a great truth is also true."

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

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"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."

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"There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true."

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