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Amusing,
Probably the right place here to post this ...
A quote from Freeman Dyson about a conversation with Wolfgang Pauli:
"I have a clear memory of Pauli saying to me, "If I had not wasted so
much time trying to make sense of five-dimensional relativity (the Kaluza-
Klein theory and similar attempts), I might have discovered quantum
mechanics myself." I believe he said that when he was in Princeton in 1954."
http://www.physicstoday.org/pt/vol-54/iss-8/p11.html
In light of the current heated String Theory discussions. Saying that, I
have my copy as well of "Modern Kaluza-Klein Theories" from Appelquist
and al. which has all the original papers going back to 1921, until some
of the first String Theory papers. I bought this way back in 1987, never
managed then to get far in it though. (and I only came back to Physics
recently)
Regards, Hans
Probably the right place here to post this ...
A quote from Freeman Dyson about a conversation with Wolfgang Pauli:
"I have a clear memory of Pauli saying to me, "If I had not wasted so
much time trying to make sense of five-dimensional relativity (the Kaluza-
Klein theory and similar attempts), I might have discovered quantum
mechanics myself." I believe he said that when he was in Princeton in 1954."
http://www.physicstoday.org/pt/vol-54/iss-8/p11.html
In light of the current heated String Theory discussions. Saying that, I
have my copy as well of "Modern Kaluza-Klein Theories" from Appelquist
and al. which has all the original papers going back to 1921, until some
of the first String Theory papers. I bought this way back in 1987, never
managed then to get far in it though. (and I only came back to Physics
recently)
Regards, Hans
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