Aug 23, 2020
7 min read
A Quantum of Insults
Nobel laureate physicist Wolfgang Pauli had a penchant for hurling evil zingers at other scientists
By the age of 20, Viennese physicist Wolfgang Pauli had acquired the reputation of being a wunderkind, a child genius. His PhD supervisor Arnold Sommerfeld had recruited him to write an article about Einsteinian relativity for a scientific encyclopedia. The opportunity gave Pauli the chance to shine. Fellow physicists applauded…
