Pauli had a hard time trying to figure out what the fourth quantum number of the electron could represent. Although two young men later came up with the correct answer, he still couldn’t believe that electrons do have a “spin”. The name of this property is indeed misleading, which caused a lot of confusion, nearly scaring two impulsive but lucky boys to death.

Physicists and the misleading spin
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