--- title: "5 Wolfgang-pauli Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 5 Wolfgang-pauli quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Wolfgang-pauli sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/243/charles-p-enz-91251_fine-structure-const_for-wolfgang-pauli-the-central-problem-o_862023.jpg" --- > [ “For \[Wolfgang\] Pauli the central problem of electrodynamics was the field concept and the existence of an elementary charge which is expressible… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-p-enz/for-wolfgang-pauli-the-central-problem-of-electrodynamics-was-the/) [Charles P. 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Laurikainen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-v-laurikainen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95c/k-v-laurikainen-95313_archetypes_a-good-example-of-the-archetypal-ideas-w_2519825.jpg) > [“The prime number 137 had continuously occupied Pauli's mind. It is an approximate value for a constant appearing in the fine structure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-v-laurikainen/the-prime-number-137-had-continuously-occupied-pauli-s-mind-it-is-an/) [K. V. Laurikainen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-v-laurikainen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee9/k-v-laurikainen-95313_atoms_the-prime-number-137-had-continuously-oc_3081314.jpg) > [“If we wanted to construct a basic philosophical attitude from these scientific utterances of Pauli 's, at first we would be inclined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-heisenberg/if-we-wanted-to-construct-a-basic-philosophical-attitude-from-these/) [Werner Heisenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-heisenberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b7/werner-heisenberg-4501_creative-process_if-we-wanted-to-construct-a-basic-philos_3220102.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wolfgang-pauli/#itemlist", "name": "Wolfgang-pauli Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“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. 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