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No Time to be Brief: A Scientific Biography of Wolfgang Pauli
Full title: | No Time to be Brief: A Scientific Biography of Wolfgang Pauli |
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ISBN: | 9780199588152 |
ISBN 10: | 0199588155 |
Authors: | Enz, Charles P. |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Edition: | Illustrated |
Num. pages: | 573 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2010 |
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Synopsis
This book retraces the life of the physicist Wolfgang Pauli, analyses his scientific work, and describes the evolution of his thinking. Pauli spent 30 years as a professor at the Federal Institute of Technology ETH in Zurich, which occupies a central place in this biography. It would be incomplete, however, without a rendering of Pauli's sarcastic wit and, most importantly, of the world of his dreams. It is through the latter that quite a different aspect of Pauli's life comes in, namely his association with the psychology of C.G. Jung and his school.