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Quote by Wolfgang Pauli

“Well, our friend Dirac, too, has a religion, and its guiding principle is "God does not exist and Dirac is His prophet."”

Quote by Wolfgang Pauli

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Wolfgang Pauli
Wolfgang Pauli

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. more

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