"That classical theory had catastrophic implications for the constitution of matter was barely appreciated by Planck and others at the turn of the century, and played no substantial role in the development of quantum theory until Bohr's work 13 years later. The lesson that could be drawn from this, and also from the development of general relativity, is that a crisis will only become creative if it is formulated in a mathematically precise manner. This conclusion has an echo in Bell's insistence on having quantum mechanics "fully formulated in mathematical terms, with nothing left to the discretion of the theoretical physicist", but what it really calls for is a critique of the "orthodox" theory fully formulated in mathematical terms with nothing left to the discretion of the critic."
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Kurt Gottfried
Kurt Gottfried (May 17, 1929 – August 25, 2022) was professor emeritus of physics at Cornell University, known for his work in the areas of quantum mechanics and particle physics. He was also a co-founder with Henry Way Kendall of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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