... proposed that electromagnetic radiation comes in tidy bundles of energy called quanta. Building on this seemingly fragile supposition, scientists erected what is by far the most successful theory in the history. In addition to yielding theories for all the fundamental forces of nature (except gravity), quantum mechanics has accounted for such disparate phenomena as the shining of stars and the ... Heisenberg's uncertainty principle then showed that our knowledge of nature is fundamentally limited - as soon as we grasp one part, another part slips through our fingers. The founders of quan...

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