Abstract
In April 1932 many eminent physicists came together for the annual gathering of alumnae and alumni of Niels Bohr's Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen. A highlight of this particular meeting was that some of the younger physicists performed a witty parody of Goethe's play Faust written by the biophysicist Max Delbrück. With Bohr as “God,” Wolfgang Pauli as “Mephistopheles”, Paul Ehrenfest as “Faust” and the neutrino (yes, the neutrino!) as “Gretchen”, the parody poked fun at the younger generation's beloved and respected “elders” and captured the essence of what was to prove a remarkable moment in the history of physics.
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