Quotes by Paul Ehrenfest

You will get your difficulties with the point electron.
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You will get your difficulties with the point electron.
No two electrons in the same state? That is why atoms are so unnecessarily big, and why metal and stone are so bulky.
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No two electrons in the same state? That is why atoms are so unnecessarily big, and why metal and stone are so bulky.
Don’t be impatient with me. Bear in mind that I hop around among all of you big beasts like a harmless and helpless frog who is afraid of being squashed.
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Don’t be impatient with me. Bear in mind that I hop around among all of you big beasts like a harmless and helpless frog who is afraid of being squashed.
Physics is simple, but subtle.
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Physics is simple, but subtle.
Einstein, my upset stomach hates your theory [of General Relativity]—it almost hates you yourself! How am I to' provide for my students? What am I to answer to the philosophers?!!
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Einstein, my upset stomach hates your theory [of General Relativity]—it almost hates you yourself! How am I to' provide for my students? What am I to answer to the philosophers?!!