Pauli,das Neutrino und die Entdeckung des Neutrons vor 50 Jahren

The story of the discovery of the neutrino as is well known, has been distorted by a number of legends. The factual information now available from the Pauli Correspondence shows the neutrino so to speak, as a by-product of a much more comprehensive revision of the foundations of physics, to which end the efforts of several great theoreticians were directed in order to overcome the theoretical difficulties confronting nuclear physics at the beginning of the 1930's. The well known letter from Pauli to the “radioactive ladies and gentlemen” outlines merely the properties of a particle postulated by this theory. Had the complete theory been revealed these would have won little attention because of the inherent difficulties it still contained. Nevertheless the predicted qualities of this hypothetical particle corresponded exactly with observational data and allowed in addition the preservation of the tried and tested conservation laws. Accordingly an incomplete theory led to a fruitful development in physics.     

Development planning in Mexico: Case study of an oil-rich economy

The authors identify problems of political, economic and social development in Mexico, which has now become a net oil exporter. Aspects of Mexican society are analysed - possession of resources, population growth, agricultural and industrial sectors of the economy and development policy. The political and economic components of social change and policy limitations are considered. It is clear that the severity of Mexico's development problems present serious issues for the current administration.     

Zum Prinzip der Photophosphorylierung und oxidativen Phosphorylierung

The energy transformation systems of Halobacterium halobium, Vibrio succinogenes, chloroplasts and mitochondria are described on the basis of the chemiosmotic theory. Nature seems to utilize three quite different mechanisms for electrogenic proton transport. Structure and function of the ATP-synthetase complexes, however, seem to be quite similar in the various energy-conserving systems.