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Letter-1691
Title
Letter from Heisenberg to Pauli
Date(s)
- 1953/12/19 (Creation)
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6 p, Paper, Handwritten The link for the full text of this letter leads to the webpage of the Heisenberg-Gesellschaft
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Pauli, Franca
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Heisenberg replies to Pauli's letter. He agrees with him as to the insufficiency of the concept of causality for the explanation of evolution. He also expresses doubts as to whether Pauli's concept of "sinnoller Zufall" can lead to a better biological evolution. The second part of the letter deals with Heisenberg's ideas about a quantized field theory.
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Restricted
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German
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CERN-ARCH-PMC-06-245 heisenberg_0017-1355r
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CDS Number
84605
Control Number
000034874ARC
Letter code
heisenberg_0017-1355r