{"id":1332,"date":"2013-09-16T09:23:27","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T09:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1332"},"modified":"2013-09-16T09:23:34","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T09:23:34","slug":"niels-bohr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1332","title":{"rendered":"Niels Bohr quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Quotation-Marks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-480\" alt=\"Quotation Marks\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Quotation-Marks-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Quotation-Marks-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Quotation-Marks.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Bohr, Niels (1885 &#8211; 1962), Danish physicist<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><i><br \/>\nNever express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Your theory is crazy, but it&#8217;s not crazy enough to be true. (To a young physicist)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bohr, Niels (1885 &#8211; 1962), Danish physicist Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think. Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. Your theory is crazy, but it&#8217;s not crazy enough to be true. 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