[T]he atoms or elementary particles themselves are not real; they form a world of potentialities or possibilities rather than one of things or facts. (Werner Heisenberg)

[T]he atoms or elementary particles themselves are not real; they form a world of potentialities or possibilities rather than one of things or facts.

Werner Heisenberg

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