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Writings on Physics and Philosophy

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  • © 1994

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Authors:
  1. Wolfgang Pauli
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Editors:
  1. Charles P. Enz

    1. University of Geneva, Geneva 4, Switzerland

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  2. Karl Meyenn

    1. Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Werner-Heisenberg-Institut, München, Germany

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-6
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  2. Robert Schlapp (1899–1991)

    • Wolfgang Pauli
    Pages 7-11

  3. Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958)

    • Wolfgang Pauli
    Pages 13-26

  4. Matter

    • Wolfgang Pauli
    Pages 27-34

  5. The Philosophical Significance of the Idea of Complementarity

    • Wolfgang Pauli
    Pages 35-42

  6. Probability and Physics

    • Wolfgang Pauli
    Pages 43-48

  7. Niels Bohr on His 60th Birthday

    • Wolfgang Pauli
    Pages 49-57

  8. Sommerfeld’s Contributions to Quantum Theory

    • Wolfgang Pauli
    Pages 59-68

  9. Arnold Sommerfeld

    • Wolfgang Pauli
    Pages 69-71

  10. Rydberg and the Periodic System of the Elements

    • Wolfgang Pauli
    Pages 73-77

  11. Paul Ehrenfest

    • Wolfgang Pauli
    Pages 79-84

  12. Einstein’s Contribution to Quantum Theory

    • Wolfgang Pauli
    Pages 85-94

  13. Space, Time and Causality in Modern Physics

    • Wolfgang Pauli
    Pages 95-105

  14. The Theory of Relativity and Science

    • Wolfgang Pauli
    Pages 107-111

  15. Impressions of Albert Einstein

    • Wolfgang Pauli
    Pages 113-116

  16. Albert Einstein and the Development of Physics

    • Wolfgang Pauli
    Pages 117-123

  17. Theory and Experiment

    • Wolfgang Pauli
    Pages 125-126

  18. Phenomenon and Physical Reality

    • Wolfgang Pauli
    Pages 127-135

  19. Science and Western Thought

    • Wolfgang Pauli
    Pages 137-148

  20. Ideas of the Unconscious from the Standpoint of Natural Science and Epistemology

    • Wolfgang Pauli
    Pages 149-164
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About this book

Like Bohr, Einstein and Heisenberg, Wolfgang Pauli was not only a Nobel laureate and one of the creators of modern physics, but also an eminent philosopher of modern science. This is the first book in English to include all his famous articles on physics and epistemology. They were actually translated during Pauli's lifetime by R. Schlapp and are now edited and annotated by Pauli's former assistant Ch. Enz. Pauli writes about the philosophical significance of complementarity, about space,time and causality, symmetry and the exclusion principle, but also about therole of the unconscious in modern science. His famous article on Kepler is included as well as many historical essays on Bohr, Ehrenfest,and Einstein as well as on the influence of the unconscious on scientific theories. The book addresses not only physicists, philosophers and historians of science, but also the general public.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Geneva, Geneva 4, Switzerland

    Charles P. Enz

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Werner-Heisenberg-Institut, München, Germany

    Karl Meyenn

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Writings on Physics and Philosophy

  • Authors: Wolfgang Pauli

  • Editors: Charles P. Enz, Karl Meyenn

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02994-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-56859-9Published: 27 September 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08163-7Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-02994-7Published: 17 April 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 290

  • Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Quantum Physics, Philosophy of Science

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