Modern physics has, in a certain sense, revived Plato's philosophy of forms in the atomic world.
Quantum mechanics, uncertainty principle
Modern physics has, in a certain sense, revived Plato's philosophy of forms in the atomic world.
Quantum mechanics, uncertainty principle
Connecting quantum physics to ancient Greek philosophy
1955 (Physics and Philosophy)
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