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Werner Heisenberg quotes: When I meet God, I am going to ask him two questions: Why relativity ? And why turbulence ? I really believe he will have an answer for the first.

When I meet God, I am going to ask him two questions: Why relativity ? And why turbulence ? I really believe he will have an answer for the first.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: The more closely you look at one thing, the less closely can you see something else.

The more closely you look at one thing, the less closely can you see something else.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: The very act of observing disturbs the system.

The very act of observing disturbs the system.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: Every tool carries with it the spirit by which it has been created.

Every tool carries with it the spirit by which it has been created.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: The 'path' comes into existence only when we observe it.

The 'path' comes into existence only when we observe it.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: After the conversations about Indian philosophy, some of the ideas of Quantum Physics that had seemed so crazy suddenly made much more sense.

After the conversations about Indian philosophy, some of the ideas of Quantum Physics that had seemed so crazy suddenly made much more sense.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: Every experiment destroys some of the knowledge of the system which was obtained by previous experiments.

Every experiment destroys some of the knowledge of the system which was obtained by previous experiments.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: My mind was formed by studying philosophy, Plato and that sort of thing.

My mind was formed by studying philosophy, Plato and that sort of thing.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: Thus, the more precisely the position is determined, the less precisely the momentum is known, and conversely.

Thus, the more precisely the position is determined, the less precisely the momentum is known, and conversely.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: Unless you stake your life, life will not be won.

Unless you stake your life, life will not be won.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: Even for the physicist the description in plain language will be a criterion of the degree of understanding that has been reached.

Even for the physicist the description in plain language will be a criterion of the degree of understanding that has been reached.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: Whether we like it or not, modern ways are going to alter and in part destroy traditional customs and values.

Whether we like it or not, modern ways are going to alter and in part destroy traditional customs and values.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: Revere those things beyond science which really matter and about which it is so difficult to speak.

Revere those things beyond science which really matter and about which it is so difficult to speak.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: Natural science, does not simply describe and explain nature; it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves.

Natural science, does not simply describe and explain nature; it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: "Uncertainty" is NOT "I don't know." It is "I can't know." "I am uncertain" does not mean "I could be certain."

"Uncertainty" is NOT "I don't know." It is "I can't know." "I am uncertain" does not mean "I could be certain."

Werner Heisenberg quotes: The Same organizing forces that have shaped nature in all her forms are also responsible for the structure of our minds.

The Same organizing forces that have shaped nature in all her forms are also responsible for the structure of our minds.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.

The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: The more precise the measurement of position, the more imprecise the measurement of momentum, and vice versa.

The more precise the measurement of position, the more imprecise the measurement of momentum, and vice versa.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: Separation of the observer from the phenomenon to be observed is no longer possible.

Separation of the observer from the phenomenon to be observed is no longer possible.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: The basic idea is to shove all fundamental difficulties onto the neutron and to do quantum mechanics in the nucleus.

The basic idea is to shove all fundamental difficulties onto the neutron and to do quantum mechanics in the nucleus.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: The existing scientific concepts cover always only a very limited part of reality, and the other part that has not yet been understood is infinite.

The existing scientific concepts cover always only a very limited part of reality, and the other part that has not yet been understood is infinite.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: The reality we can put into words is never reality itself.

The reality we can put into words is never reality itself.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: I think that the discovery of antimatter was perhaps the biggest jump of all the big jumps in physics in our century.

I think that the discovery of antimatter was perhaps the biggest jump of all the big jumps in physics in our century.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: Only a few know, how much one must know to know how little one knows.

Only a few know, how much one must know to know how little one knows.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: A consistent pursuit of classical physics forces a transformation in the very heart of that physics.

A consistent pursuit of classical physics forces a transformation in the very heart of that physics.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject, and how to avoid them.

An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject, and how to avoid them.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: Science clears the fields on which technology can build.

Science clears the fields on which technology can build.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.

Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: It will never be possible by pure reason to arrive at some absolute truth.

It will never be possible by pure reason to arrive at some absolute truth.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: Nature allows only experimental situations to occur which can be described within the framework of the formalism of quantum mechanics

Nature allows only experimental situations to occur which can be described within the framework of the formalism of quantum mechanics

Werner Heisenberg quotes: [T]he atoms or elementary particles themselves are not real; they form a world of potentialities or possibilities rather than one of things or facts.

[T]he atoms or elementary particles themselves are not real; they form a world of potentialities or possibilities rather than one of things or facts.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: The one who insists on never uttering an error must remain silent.

The one who insists on never uttering an error must remain silent.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: Every word or concept, clear as it may seem to be, has only a limited range of applicability.

Every word or concept, clear as it may seem to be, has only a limited range of applicability.

Werner Heisenberg quotes: There are things that are so serious that you can only joke about them.

There are things that are so serious that you can only joke about them.