„The elementary particles in Plato’s Timaeus are finally not substance but mathematical forms. “All things are numbers” is a sentence attributed to Pythagoras.“

— Werner Heisenberg

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„In modern quantum theory there can be no doubt that the elementary particles will finally also be mathematical forms“
— Werner Heisenberg
„Therefore, the mathematical forms that represent the elementary particles will be solutions of some eternal law of motion for matter.“
— Werner Heisenberg
„I think that modern physics has definitely decided in favor of Plato. In fact the smallest units of matter are not physical objects in the ordinary sense; they are forms, ideas which can be expressed unambiguously only in mathematical language.“
— Werner Heisenberg