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Bird brained in Helgoland

David Norman, Jonas Rolf Persson

Published Apr 1, 2025• 0 citations

Abstract

A response to Robert P Crease’s feature about the upcoming meeting on Helgoland celebrating the centenary of quantum mechanics, pioneered on the island by Werner Heisenberg in 1925.

DOI: 10.1088/2058-7058/38/03/22

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