It is a rather disheartening experience to be told that the exact solution of the wave equation will in the end be the solution of the wave equation of one single atom, and that for an aggregate of atoms, the exact solution is out of reach.
Wave mechanics
Nobel Lecture, 'The Fundamental Idea of Wave Mechanics'
1933
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Strange & Unusual"What we observe as material bodies and forces are nothing but shapes and variations in the structure of space. Particles are just schaumkommen (appearances)!"
Strange & Unusual"A theoretical science, if it is to be healthy, must be able to hold its own against the practical application of its theories."
Shocking"The atom consists of a nucleus and electrons. This is a very crude picture, but it is the one we have to work with."
Controversial"The world is much stranger than we can imagine."
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