Every tool carries with it the spirit by which it has been created. — Werner Heisenberg · Skopia

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Every tool carries with it the spirit by which it has been created.

Werner Heisenberg

1958

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Heisenberg, Werner. "An Old and a New Tradition." Gifford Lectures. Winter term 1955-1956, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, UK.

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