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I Think That Modern Physics Has Definitely Decided In Favor Of Plato. In Fact The Smallest Units Of Matter Are Not Physical Objects In The Ordinary Sense; They Are Forms, Ideas Which Can Be Expressed Unambiguously Only In Mathematical Language.

-Werner Heisenberg

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I Think That Modern Physics Has Definitely

Werner Heisenberg

I Think That Modern Physics Has Definitely Decided In Favor Of Plato. In Fact The Smallest Units Of Matter Are Not Physical Objects In The Ordinary Sense; They Are Forms, Ideas Which Can Be Expressed Unambiguously Only In Mathematical Language.

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