
Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Heisenberg , Werner (1971-12), Physics and Beyond, Retrieved on 2012-01-18Source Material [books.google.com]
Folksonomies: science physics Memes
18 JAN 2012
Descriptions of the Atom are Poetry
We must be clear that when it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images and establishing mental connections. A quote from Niels Bohr on the impossibility of describing this object accurately.