Part 16 (2/2)

”without having Pauli read it first”: The first quote is from Heisenberg to Pauli, November 21, 1925: PLC1 [107]; the second is from Hermann (1979), p. XLII.

”conscience of physics”: Weisskopf (1989), p. 159.

”wicked stepmother”: P/J [69P], October 23, 1956.

”which one had to find (and polish) oneself”: Telegdi (1987), p. 433.

”demonic aura surrounding this queer man”: Quoted from von Meyenn (2007), p. 248.

”with a rucksack on my back”: Pauli to Weyl, November 9, 1955: PLC1, p. 443.

”Scherrer circus”: Enz (2002), p. 198; and interview with Igal Talmi by the author, Weizmann Inst.i.tute, Rehovot, Israel, January 24, 2007.

”it is all right, but also wrong”: Weisskopf (1989), p. 160.

”contradict me with detailed arguments”: Pauli to Kronig, November 22, 1927: PLC1 [175].

”reinvigorate my interest in physics”: Pauli to Bohr, January 16, 1929: PLC [214].

”I would like to meet you. Scherrer”: Postcard written June 4, 1928: PLC1 [199]. In 1933 Jordan openly declared his members.h.i.+p in the National Socialist (n.a.z.i) party and became a Storm Trooper. This was no doubt why he never received a n.o.bel Prize. During the war Jordan worked for the n.a.z.i advanced-weapons program at Peenemunde.

Afterward Pauli stood up for his former pal ”PQQP,” and urged his reinstatement into academia, which occurred in 1953, paving the way for Jordan's return to the University of Hamburg. Soon afterward he was elected to the German parliament in the Adenauer days, as a member of the right-wing Christian Democratic Party. In this capacity he lobbied for arming the Bundeswehr with tactical nuclear weapons. Born, Heisenberg, and Pauli, among other scientists, strongly protested. As Pauli pungently put it, ”Alas, good Jordan! He has served all regimes in utmost faithfulness” (Enz [2005], p. 47).

”he is already a.s.serting the opposite”: Peierls (1985), pp. 4647.

”and psychoa.n.a.lysis as a vocation”: Quoted from Pais (2006), pp. 1718.

”Not for the curious”: Wentzel (1960), p. 51. The two papers are Heisenberg (1929, 1930). See Miller (1995), chapter 3, for details.

”rather introspective-i.e., Buddha-like”: Pauli to Kronig, December 22, 1949: PLC3 [1067].

”Jew from the waist up”: Interview with Igal Talmi by the author, Weizmann Inst.i.tute, Rehovot, Israel, January 24, 2007.

married only in a very ”loose way”: Pauli to Klein, March 10, 1930: PLC2 [243a].

”This gave him great satisfaction”: Interview with Kathe Deppner by Jagdish Mehra, March 12, 1974, in Mehra and Rechenberg (1982), p. x.x.xvii.

”but with an average chemist”: Interview with Franca, who was Pauli's second wife, by Charles Enz, March 21, 1971, in Enz (2002), p. 211.

”vehemently plagued by jealousy”: Weyl to Hecke, May 28, 1930: PLC5, p. xxi.

Kathe married her chemist, Paul Goldfinger: After the war, from time to time, Kathe used to show up unexpectedly at Pauli's home in the small town of Zollikon, just outside Zurich. Franca did not at all appreciate this and refused to let her in, so Pauli went on long walks with her. Interview with Karl von Meyenn by the author, November 14, 2006.

plus the discharged electron: At the time physicists were debating about whether there were electrons as well as protons inside the nuclei of atoms. But this model of the nucleus led to certain properties that clashed with those measured in the laboratory. The discovery of the neutron, in 1932, clarified the situation. The neutron has about the same ma.s.s as the proton and the same spin, but it has no electric charge. In beta-decay the neutron transforms itself into an electron, a proton, and a neutrino, and the electron is immediately expelled from the nucleus.

”We must still be prepared for new surprises”: Bohr (1930), p. 371.

”that something was missing”: Interview with Igal Talmi by the author, Weizmann Inst.i.tute, Rehovot, Israel, January 24, 2007.

”which further behaved foolishly”: Pauli to Delbruck, October 6, 1958: PLC8 [3075].

a ball at the splended Baur au Lac: Pauli to Meitner et al., December 4, 1930: PLC2 [259].

”But under 'dryness' I don't suffer at all”: Pauli to Peierls, July 1, 1931: PLC2 [279].

”until my bones are whole again-very tedious”: Pauli to Peierls, July 1, 1931: PLC2 [280].

”like a traffic cop signalling”: Tippys to Goudsmit, August 19, 1931: PCL2, p. 84.

inverse Pauli effect: Quoted from PCL2, p. 84.

raised his hand in a ”Heil Hitler” salute: Quoted from PLC2, p. 84.

”second-order acquaintances”: Pauli to Wentzel, September 7, 1931: PLC3 [283a].

”very simple and very neat here”: Pauli to Wentzel, September 7, 1931: PLC3 [283a].

”Your old Pauli”: Pauli to Wentzel, September 7, 1931: PLC3 [283a].

”two problematic temperaments”: Pauli to Weisskopf, December 30, 1940: PLC3 [615].

”increase her publicity with your help”: Pauli to Delbruck, October 6, 1958: PLC8 [3075].

infuriating grin and a long tail: Gamow (1985), pp. 165214.

delighted to be cast in this role: Schucking (2001), p. 46. For more on this spoof, see Segre (2008).

Chapter 8 * The Dark Hunting Ground of the Mind.

three for extremely important: Pauli's personal library is housed in La Salle Pauli in CERN.

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