Kalervo V. Laurikainen

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Kalervo V. Laurikainen



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Beyond the Atom: The Philos...

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The Message of the Atoms: E...

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Atomistiikan aatemaailma - ...

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Tieteen giljotiini (Visio)

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Fysiikka ja usko

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“A good example of the archetypal ideas which the archetypes produce are natural numbers or integers. With the aid of the integers the shaping and ordering of our experiences becomes exact. Another example is mathematical group theory. ...important applications of group theory are symmetries which can be found in most different connections both in nature and among the 'artifacts' produced by human beings. Group theory also has important applications in mathematics and mathematical physics. For example, the theory of elementary particles and their interactions can in essential respects be reduced to abstract symmetries.
[The Message of the Atoms: Essays on Wolfgang Pauli and the Unspeakable]”
K. V. Laurikainen

“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



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