Humanity will… be confronted with dangers of unprecedented character unless, in due time, measures can be taken to forestall a disastrous competition in such formidable armaments and to establish an international control of the manufacture and use of the powerful materials. Niels Bohr Read Quote
Every description of natural processes must be based on ideas which have been introduced and defined by the classical theory. Niels Bohr Read Quote
While the finish given to our picture of the world by the theory of relativity has already been absorbed into the general scientific consciousness, this has scarcely occurred to the same extent with those aspects of the general problem of knowledge which have been elucidated by the quantum theory. Niels Bohr Read Quote
Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question. Niels Bohr Read Quote
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness. Niels Bohr Read Quote
It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns what we say about Nature. Niels Bohr Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it. Niels Bohr Read Quote
Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Niels Bohr Read Quote