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Reminiscences of Niels Bohr

OCT 01, 1963
Felix Bloch

This special occasion, I realize, calls for a special selection among the many remarkable instances which the name of Niels Bohr brings back to my mind. It seemed indicated, at first, that I should restrict my account to those reminiscences which bear directly upon specific topics in physics and to omit others of more general human interest. But as I thought more about this talk, I realized that such an omission would present a grossly distorted picture, and that an essential feature of Bohr’s character would be lost if one tried to distinguish between the professional and the personal manifestations of his great personality.

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Felix Bloch. Stanford University.

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Volume 16, Number 10

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