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The uncertainty principle, first introduced by Werner Heisenberg in the late 1920's, is a fundamental concept of quantum mechanics. In the quantum world, particles like the electrons that power all ...

In 1927, Werner Heisenberg was in Denmark working at Niels Bohr's research institute in Copenhagen. The two scientists worked closely on theoretical investigations into quantum theory and the nature ...

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IN a lecture delivered to the Physical and Chemical Society of University College, Nottingham, on February 4, Prof. E. Schrödinger directed attention to the difficulties and contradictions which arise ...