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Does imagination play any role in physics?
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Answer
Imagination plays vital role in physics. Development of theories and concepts in physics originate from hypothetical imaginations. Heisenberg uncertainty principle, Huygens principle, Maxwell equations, Schrodinger wave equation, Bohr's theory etc., were the imaginations of scientists which are successfully employed to explain the various phenomena occurring in nature.
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