The hard sphere... has always a definite position in space; the electron apparently has not. A hard sphere takes up a very definite amount of room; an electron — well it is probably as meaningless to discuss how much room an electron takes up as it is to discuss how much room a fear, an anxiety, or an uncertainty takes up.


In: Lincoln Barnett, The Universe and Dr. Einstein

James Jeans Quotes

The hard sphere... has always a definite position in space; the electron apparently has not. A hard sphere takes up a very definite amount of room;...

The hard sphere... has always a definite position in space; the electron apparently has not. A hard sphere takes up a very definite amount of room;...

The hard sphere... has always a definite position in space; the electron apparently has not. A hard sphere takes up a very definite amount of room;...

The hard sphere... has always a definite position in space; the electron apparently has not. A hard sphere takes up a very definite amount of room;...