Can a physicist visualize an electron? The electron is mate… - Wernher von Braun

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Can a physicist visualize an electron? The electron is materially inconceivable and yet, it is so perfectly known through its effects that we use it to illuminate our cities, guide our airlines through the night skies and take the most accurate measurements. What strange rationale makes some physicists accept the inconceivable electrons as real while refusing to accept the reality of a Designer on the ground that they cannot conceive Him?

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Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (23 March 1912 - 16 June 1977) was a German and American aerospace engineer and space architect. He was a member of the Nazi Party and Allgemeine SS, as well as the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany and later a pioneer of rocket and space technology in the United States.

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Alternative Names: Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun • Werner von Braun

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