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We stated earlier that Newton’s laws failed when applied to very light objects like electrons, and that quantum mechanics was developed to replace them. One of the basic principles of quantum mechanics is called the uncertainty principle. It states a limitation on our ability to measure anything we want to, with any accuracy we choose.(1)
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Goldstein, M., Goldstein, I. (1984). The Experimenter and the Experiment. In: The Experience of Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0384-6_13
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