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Foundations of Physics

Niels Bohr's discussions with Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, and Erwin Schrödinger: The origins of the principles of uncertainty and complementarity

Jagdish Mehra

Published May 1, 1987• 18 citations
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10.1007/bf01559698

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