November 29, 2012
School of Visual Arts
New York City
133/141 West 21st Street
Room 101c
6:30pm
For further details please visit the School of Visual Arts website.
Abstract:
At a key time in his scientific development, the physicist Wolfgang Pauli underwent analysis by Carl Jung. The encounters were inspiring for both men and sparked changes in their work. I will discuss how two of Pauli’s most important scientific discoveries were affected by Jung’s analysis of his dreams: why atoms are structured as they are (the Pauli exclusion principle) and what this has to do with the archetypal number four; and the necessity for mirror symmetry as an archetype in physics as well as in the collective unconscious. A very different Pauli emerges, one at odds with esteemed colleagues such as Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg.
Hi, I have a prior engagement the night of this lecture, and wanted to know if it will be recorded? and if so where could I hear it?
Thanks,
Elliott.
Yes, please check with the School for Visual Arts for how it can be viewed.