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"Stop telling God what to do with his dice."

January 1, 1970

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In his chapter on the fifth Solvay Conference (1927), biographer Konrad Kleinknecht writes: 'To his [Einsteins] credo "God does not play dice," Bohr countered, "but it cannot be our task to dictate to God how he should govern the world."' Einstein and Heisenberg: The Controversy Over Quantum Physics, Springer Biographies 2019.

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In his chapter on the fifth Solvay Conference (1927), biographer Konrad Kleinknecht writes: 'To his [Einsteins] credo "God does not play dice," Bohr countered, "but it cannot be our task to dictate to God how he should govern the world."' Einstein and Heisenberg: The Controversy Over Quantum Physics, Springer Biographies 2019.