19/10/2026
“I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy. It has revolutionized fundamental concepts, e.g., about space and time (relativity), about causality (quantum theory), and about substance and matter (atomistics). It has taught us new methods of thinking (complementarity), which are applicable far beyond physics.”
Reference: Born made this statement in 1963. It is quoted in Walter J. Moore’s Schrödinger: Life and Thought (1992), p. 1.