〈 Berger | Dillon 〉

Thank you for clearing this up. Wouldn’t a lot of frustration have been spared if it hadn’t been called “spin”?

It's not like it's something totally unrelated to "spinning". I guess a name like "intrinsic angular momentum" would help somewhat.

Is it an intrinsic property that is quantized and which generates a magnetic field? Couldn’t you have called it anything? Why “spin”?

It’s literally angular momentum. The idea that it’s actually “spinning” is a very compelling analogy in a lot of ways.

How is it literally angular momentum if it’s not spinning? Isn’t that a contradiction. It’s sort of like angular momentum, not literally angular momentum. Right? Help!