"The more precise the measurement of position, the more imprecise the measurement of momentum, and vice versa."
— Werner Heisenberg

January 1, 1970

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Variant translation: The more precisely the position is determined, the less precisely the momentum is known in this instant, and vice versa. — As quoted in "The Uncertainty Principle" at the American Institute of Physics