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Kleine Teilchen – Große Hoffnung

Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein, 1925. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein, 1925. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Quantum mechanics are the theme of this radio feature, presented from a literary perspective. The story of Niels Bohr’s atomic model, Albert Einstein’s take on coincidence—a contribution of MPIWG Director Jürgen Renn—and Werner Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle is portrayed with reference to artists and writers including Goethe, Brecht, and Charlie Chaplin.