“Nature was not satisfied by a simple point charge but required a charge with spin.”
about the electron, in [Tomonaga, Sin-Itiro, translated by Takeshi Oka, The Story of Spin, University of Chicago Press, 1997, 0-226-80794-0, 60]
Šin'ičiró Tomonaga či Sin-Itiro Tomonaga byl japonský vědec, jedna z nejdůležitějších osobností teoretické fyziky, nositel Nobelovy ceny za fyziku za rok 1965 za práce v oblasti kvantové elektrodynamiky. Nobelovu cenu získal spolu s Julianem Schwingerem a Richardem Feynmanem. Wikipedia
“Nature was not satisfied by a simple point charge but required a charge with spin.”
about the electron, in [Tomonaga, Sin-Itiro, translated by Takeshi Oka, The Story of Spin, University of Chicago Press, 1997, 0-226-80794-0, 60]
“…a bride who is bullied by her mother-in-law will herself become a bad mother-in-law.”
about Ralph Kronig's criticism on Samuel Goudsmit's proposal of a self-rotating electron, inflicting the same reaction to Goudsmit as Kronig had been incurred from Wolfgang Pauli [Tomonaga, Sin-Itiro, translated by Takeshi Oka, The Story of Spin, University of Chicago Press, 1997, 0-226-80794-0, 217]