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33.1. SUMMARY OF MOTIVES 153<br />

Figure 33.1: Climategate hearing with Phil Jones.<br />

• Bohr introduced duality to get around the contradiction <strong>of</strong> being both<br />

particle <strong>and</strong> wave.<br />

• Pr<strong>and</strong>tl introduced boundary layer effects to resolve d’Alembert’s paradox<br />

<strong>of</strong> zero drag <strong>of</strong> inviscid flow.<br />

We complement with political motives <strong>and</strong> personal career motives:<br />

• Boltzmann wanted to boost his scientific career.<br />

• Planck had to deliver as chosen to give German science a leading position<br />

in physics.<br />

• Einstein wanted to start a career as scientist.<br />

• Bohr had to deliver to support his new Institute <strong>of</strong> Theoretical <strong>Physics</strong>.<br />

• Pr<strong>and</strong>tl had to deliver as chosen to give German science a leading<br />

position in mechanics.

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