In closing, I should like to cite a line from William Blake. "To see a world in a grain of sand - - - ” and allude to a possible parallel to see worlds in an electron. (Hans Georg Dehmelt)

In closing, I should like to cite a line from William Blake. "To see a world in a grain of sand - - - ” and allude to a possible parallel to see worlds in an electron.

Hans Georg Dehmelt

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