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Niels Bohr  (1885-1962) Dutch physicist and key founder of quantum mechanics. He developed the notion of complementarity as an interpretation of the uncertainty relation native to the mathematics of quantum theory. The notion of complementarity was also his way to view the paradox of light behaving in experiments sometimes as waves and other times as particles. Bohr proposed that light can be both particles and waves, but not at the same time. Light's qualities are mutually exclusive but complementary. Bohr's coat-of-arms has the Yin/Yang symbol and the inscription: Opposites are complementary.

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The Danish embassy in Washington DC put up this biographical page of Bohr.

Einstein never accepted uncertainty. He used to say that God doesn't play dice with the universe. Bohr suggested finally that Einstein should stop telling God what to do.

A brief imaginary exchange between Bohr and Einstein on the nature of science. See also Pais' recollections about Bohr and Einstein.

Bohr left behind the physics institute he created: the Niels Bohr Institute. Einstein left behind his brain in a jar.

Go here for books by and about Niels Bohr, along with reviews

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