Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a German physicist Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker.
Last updated on December 24, 2024.
Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker was a German physicist and philosopher. He was the longest-living member of the team which performed nuclear research in Germany during the Second World War, under Werner Heisenberg's leadership. There is ongoing debate as to whether or not he and the other members of the team actively and willingly pursued the development of a nuclear bomb for Germany during this time.
Nature is earlier than man, but man is earlier than natural science.
Classical physics has been superseded by quantum theory: quantum theory is verified by experiments. Experiments must be described in terms of classical physics.