Niels Bohr
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.
7 Quotes
An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field.
— Niels Bohr
Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.
— Niels Bohr
If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.
— Niels Bohr
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.
— Niels Bohr
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
— Niels Bohr
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
— Niels Bohr
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.
— Niels Bohr