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Niels Bohr Facts

Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr was also a philosopher and a promoter of scientific research. (1885 – 1962)

Quotes by Niels Bohr

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
Niels Bohr

Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
Niels Bohr

Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
Niels Bohr

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

If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.
Niels Bohr

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

Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
Niels Bohr

The opposite of a trivial truth is false; the opposite of a great truth is also true.
Niels Bohr

We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct.
Niels Bohr

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