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But worse was to come. I learned that I had omitted Professor Max Born's name from the list of signatories, had, even, said that he had refused to sign. The exact opposite was the truth. He had not only signed but had been most warm and helpful. This was a serious blunder on my part, and one that I have never stopped regretting. By the time that I had learned of my mistake it was too late to rectify the error, though I at once took, and have since taken, every means that I could think of to set the matter straight. Professor Born himself was magnanimous and has continued his friendly correspondence with me. As in the case of most of the other signatories the attempt and achievement of the manifesto took precedence over personal feelings.
Source: The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, v.3 chap. 2: At home and abroad, 1969
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普通ありえないような言い間違いです。署名を断わったニールス・ボーア(Niels H.D.Bohr, 1885 -1962年:1922年にノーベル物理学賞)のことをいうべきところをマックス・ボルンといい間違えたのではないかと想像されます。
確率論が重要なツールである量子力学に否定的だったアインシュタインの「神はサイコロはふらない」という言葉はとても有名ですが、ウィキペディアによると、ニールス・ボーアがマックス・ボルン宛の手紙のなかにアインシュタインに反論した名言("Einstein, schreiben Sie Gott nicht vor, was er zu tun hat." アインシュタインよ、神が何をなさるかを貴方が語るなかれ)が含まれているそうです。
相対性理論と量子力学とはいつになったら統一されるのでしょうか?。
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