The letter includes remarks on a paper by Pauli, on a second paper by himself on ferromagnetism for the Sommerfeld-Festschrift and on Dirac's theory.
Sin títuloPauli gives some personal evaluations of Oppenheimer and Bloch. He also comments on Rutgers and his progress with quantum electrodynamics.
Sin títuloPauli and Scherrer invite Kronig to a conference in Zürich on X-ray physics.
Sin títuloPauli critizices the treatment of photoelectric and Compton effects in Sommerfeld's Atombau. He reports on Rabi's work on X-ray absorbtion. He talks about Oppenheimer's paper in Z. Phys. on continuous X-ray spectra.
Sin títuloPauli hopes that Kronig and Kramers will come to the conference.
Sin títuloPauli discusses the question of the width of the zero-order spectrum of a refracted electron beam. He suggests that Kramers should calculate it for gases or liquids.
Sin títuloPauli urges Bohr again to publish his note on the magnetic electron. He criticizes his note on Beta-rays. Pauli plans to use a short visit to Copenhagen for writing a joint paper with Oppenheimer. He is not satisfied about his joint work with Heisenberg, because of the difficulties of the self-energy of electrons.
Sin títuloHeisenberg asks if Pauli wants Peierls as his assistant. Heisenberg says that he wants Bloch to come to Leipzig.
Sin títuloPauli thanks Einstein for the proofs of his paper on "Fernparallellismus". Pauli remarks that from the viewpoint of quantum theory nothing can be said in favour of this new concept. He further criticizes the derivation of Einstein's field equations and their results which have lost contact with physical reality. He is ready to bet that in a year Einstein will drop the whole "Fernparallelismus".
Sin títuloEinstein replies to Pauli's criticism of his new field theory, the "Fernparallelismus". He thinks that it is too early to dismiss it in the way Pauli does. Einstein is not against the quantum theory but he does not believe that real insight can be reached through statistical laws. He asks Pauli to look again in his theory without any prejudice.
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