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This exhibit is based on the book by David Cassidy, Uncertainty: The Life and Science of Werner Heisenberg (New York: W.H. Freeman, 1992).

Author:

David C. Cassidy

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Spencer R. Weart, Alexei B. Kojevnikov, and Gregory A. Good

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We are also very grateful to:

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