The Probability of the Existence of a Self-Reproducing Unit

IN his ‘Analytical Study’ of life and the multiplication of organisms,1 Elsasser analyses the way in which the information is stored in the germ-cells which enables these germ-cells to develop into organisms similar to the parent—similar also in their abi

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Eugene Paul Wigner

The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner Part A

The Scientific Papers Editor: Arthur Wightman Annotated by Nandor Balazs Herman Feshbach Brian Judd Walter Kohn George Mackey Jagdish Mehra Abner Shimony Alvin Weinberg Arthur Wightman

Part B

Historical, Philosophical, and Socio-Political Papers Editor: Jagdish Mehra Annotated by Conrad Chester Gerard Emch J agdish Mehra

The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner Part A

The Scientific Papers Volume I Part I: Eugene Paul Wigner- A Biographical Sketch Part II: Applied Group Theory 1926-1935 Part III: The Mathematical Papers Volume II Nuclear Physics Volume III Part I: Particles and Fields Part II: Foundations of Quantum Mechanics Volume IV Part I: Physical Chemistry Part II: Solid State Physics Volume V Nuclear Energy: Part I: Eugene Wigner and Nuclear Energy Part II: Memoir of the Uranium Project Part III: Articles, Reports, and Memoranda on Nuclear Energy Part IV: The Wigner Patents

Part B

Historical, Philosophical, and Socio-Political Papers Volume VI Philosophical Reflections and Syntheses Volume VII Historical and Biographical Reflections and Syntheses Volume VIII Socio-Political Reflections and Civil Defense

The Collected Works of

Eugene Paul Wigner Part A

The Scientific Papers Volume III Part I: Particles and Fields Annotated by Arthur Wightman Part II: Foundations of Quantum Mechanics Annotated by Abner Shimony

Edited by ArthurS. Wightman

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Arthur S. Wightman Department of Physics, Princeton University Joseph Henry Laboratories, Jadwin HalI Princeton, NJ 08544, USA

Abner Shimony Department of Philosophy and Physics Boston University Boston, MA 02215, USA

The photograph of E. P. Wigner on page II is reproduced from the frontispiece of the publication EIlgene P. Wigner: An Arr:hitect of the Atomic Age by Francis S. Wagner. (Râk6czi Foundation Biobibliographies. 1). Râk6czi Foundation Toronto 1981

ISBN 978-3-642-08179-8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data (Revised for pl. A, v. 1, pl. 1-3) Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902- . The collected works of Eugene Paul Wigner. Includes bibliographical references. Contents: pl. A. The scientific papers - v. 1, pl.l. A biographical sketchlby Jagdish Mehra. pl. 2. Applied group theory 1926-35 annotatedlby Brian Judd. pt. 3. Mathematical papers annotatedlby George Mackey- v. 5. Nuclear energy. 1. Mathematical physics. 1. Weinberg, Alvin Martin, 1915-. Il. Title QCI9.3.w54 1992 530 92-38376 ISBN 3-540-55343-6 (Berlin: v. 5) ISBN 978-3-642-08179-8 ISBN 978-3-662-09203-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-09203-3

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