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Wolfgang Pauli was a distinguished physicist born on April 25, 1900, and died on December 15, 1958. He is recognized for his substantial contributions to quantum mechanics, especially for the formulation of the Pauli exclusion principle. Pauli was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1945 for his work on the explanation of the fine structure of atomic spectra.

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Famous Wolfgang Pauli Quotes

“Although I have no objection to accepting the existence of relatively constant psychic contents that survive personal ego, it must always be born in mind that we have no way of knowing what these contents are actually like "as such." All we can observe is their effect on other living people, whose spiritual level and whose personal unconscious crucially influence the way these contents actually manifest themselves.”

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“A colleague who met me strolling rather aimlessly in the beautiful streets of Copenhagen said to me in a friendly manner, "You look very unhappy"; whereupon I answered fiercely, "How can one look happy when he is thinking about the anomalous Zeeman effect?".”

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Book:Wolfgang Pauli: das Gewissen der Physik

Source: Wolfgang Pauli: das Gewissen der Physik

“How can one avoid despondency if one thinks of the anomalous Zeeman effect?”

Ifs Thinking Effects Despondency

Author:Wolfgang Pauli

About the Author

Born: April 25, 1900
Died: December 15, 1958
Known for: Physicist
Quotes: 45

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Writings on Physics and PhilosophyRelated source material

Wissenschaftlicher Briefwechsel mit Bohr, Einstein, Heisenberg u.a. Band IV, Teil III: 1955–1956. Scientific Correspondence with Bohr, Einstein, Heisenberg, a.o. Volume IV, Part III: 1955–1956Related source material

Atom and Archetype: The Pauli/Jung Letters 1932-58Related source material

Atom and Archetype: The Pauli/Jung Letters, 1932-1958Related source material

Theory of RelativityRelated source material

Wolfgang Pauli: das Gewissen der PhysikRelated source material

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