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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. Th

When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images. – Niels Bohr

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How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress. – Niels Bohr

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