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wave-particle duality uncertainty principle de Broglie wave Schrödinger equation wave function

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Werner Karl Heisenberg sits at a desk in a suit with his hands folded, bookshelves in the background.

Werner Heisenberg

German physicist and philosopher

Neils Bohr

Niels Bohr

Danish physicist

Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.

Physics and Natural Law