The whole thing [quantum leap] seems a myth... but this is not supposed to happen with the electron: instead the frequency of vibration of the emitted light is said to lie somewhere between the orbital frequency before the mysterious jump and the orbital frequency after the jump. All this is sheer madness.


In: Werner Heisenberg, Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations - Chapter 3 (p. 36)


The whole thing [quantum leap] seems a myth... but this is not supposed to happen with the electron: instead the frequency of vibration of the...

The whole thing [quantum leap] seems a myth... but this is not supposed to happen with the electron: instead the frequency of vibration of the...

The whole thing [quantum leap] seems a myth... but this is not supposed to happen with the electron: instead the frequency of vibration of the...

The whole thing [quantum leap] seems a myth... but this is not supposed to happen with the electron: instead the frequency of vibration of the...