An American scientist visiting the home of Niels Bohr, the Nobel Prize-winning Danish physicist and refugee from Nazism who was a leading figure in the Manhattan Project, which produced the atomic bomb, was surprised to discover a horseshoe hanging over Bohrâ??s desk: â??Surely you donâ??t believe the horseshoe will bring you good luck, Professor Bohr?â? he asked. â??After all, as a scientist . . .â?
Bohr laughed. â??I believe no such thing, my good friend. Not at all. I am scarcely likely to believe such foolish nonsense. However, I am told that a horseshoe will bring one good luck whether you believe it or not.â?
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