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The Reith Lectures SCIENCE AND THE COMMON UNDERSTANDING

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by J. Robert Oppenheimer
5-Uncommon Sense
Sometimes an electron behaves as if it were a wave and sometimeS as a patitude. This dual behaviour forced upon physiciststhe important idea of ' comiplementary.' In tlhe fifth of his. six lectureDr. Opperheimer shows that this notion may be applied in other fields where two views can be held, the one supplementing the other, neither being adequate in itself.
(The recorded broadcast of December 13 in the Home Service)
' The Sciences and Man's Community ': February 3

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