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I was particularly won over by his sweet disposition, by his general kindness, by his simplicity, and by his friendliness.

— Louis de Broglie

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It seems a little paradoxical to construct a configuration space with the coordinates of points which do not exist.

La nouvelle dynamique des quanta (1928)

The actual state of our knowledge is always provisional and … there must be, beyond what is actually known, immense new regions to discover.

The history of science shows that the progress of science has constantly been hampered by the tyrannical influence of certain conceptions that finally came to be considered as dogma.

Two seemingly incompatible conceptions can each represent an aspect of the truth … They may serve in turn to represent the facts without ever entering into direct conflict.

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Plurality is never to be posited without necessity.

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