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Quotes from The Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Theory — Paul Dirac

1902–1984 England

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I want to emphasize the necessity for a sound mathematical basis for any fundamental physical theory. Any philosophical ideas that one may have play only a subordinate role. Unless such ideas have a mathematical basis they will be ineffective.

The Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Theory (1978)

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