“Common human experience alone is no guarantee with which we can build a science of psychology.”
“Common human experience alone is no guarantee with which we can build a science of psychology.”
Wolfgang Köhler
“For [Wolfgang] Pauli the central problem of electrodynamics was the field concept and the existence of an elementary charge which is expressible by the fine-structure constant ... 1/137. This fundamental pure number had greatly fascinated Pauli, .... For Pauli the explanation of the number 137 was the test of a successful field theory, a test which no theory has passed up to now.”
Charles P. Enz, Pauli Lectures on Physics: Volume 1, Electrodynamics“My father, my father, and dost thou not hearThe words that the Erl-King now breathes in mine ear?'Be calm, dearest child, 'tis thy fancy deceives;Tis the sad wind that sighs through the withering leaves.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe“On my strand, lovely flowers their blossoms unfold,My mother shall grace thee with garments of gold.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe“The prime number 137 had continuously occupied Pauli's mind. It is an approximate value for a constant appearing in the fine structure theory of atomic spectra which in its theoretical expression ties together electromagnetism, relativity and quantum theory. Pauli saw the fine structure theory of spectra as a key in understanding the deepest contemporary problems of theoretical physics. For that reason the number 137 possessed a mysterious attraction for him.”
K. V. Laurikainen, Beyond the Atom: The Philosophical Thought of Wolfgang Pauli“In his first philosophical lecture on modern physics that Pauli gave in November 1934 to the Zurich Philosophical Society he said that only a formulation of quantum theory would be satisfactory which expresses the relation between the value of [the fine structure constant] and charge conservation in the same complementary was as that between the space-time description and energy-momentum conservation.”
Charles P. Enz, No Time to Be Brief: A Scientific Biography of Wolfgang Pauli“One thing I always say is being a great chef today is not enough - you have to be a great businessman.”
Wolfgang Puck“In the long term, Germany didn't need a finance minister who was absent during important negotiations in the European Council. But the chancellor strongly encouraged me to stay. And everything did work out for the best in the end.”
Wolfgang Schauble“I want the pictures to be working in both directions. I accept that they speak about me, and yet at the same time, I want and expect them to function in terms of the viewer and their experience.”
Wolfgang Tillmans“For me, I don't expect to have a really amazing meal each time I dine out. Having a good meal with your loved ones - that's what makes the experience.”
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