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Eugene Wigner was a Hungarian-born American physicist, joint winner, with J. Hans D. Jensen of West Germany and Maria Goeppert Mayer of the United States, of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1963. He received the prize for his many contributions to nuclear physics, which include his formulation of
Eugene Paul Wigner (Hungarian: Wigner Jenő Pál, pronounced [ˈviɡnɛr ˈjɛnøː ˈpaːl]; November 17, 1902 – January 1, 1995) was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who also contributed to mathematical physics.
Jan 1, 1995 · The Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 was divided, one half awarded to Eugene Paul Wigner "for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles", the other half jointly to Maria Goeppert Mayer and J. Hans D. Jensen "for ...
Jan 1, 1995 · The Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 was divided, one half awarded to Eugene Paul Wigner "for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles", the other half jointly to Maria Goeppert Mayer and J. Hans D. Jensen "for ...
Jan 1, 1995 · Eugene Paul Wigner was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and mathematician who won a Nobel prize for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and elementary particles. View four larger pictures. Biography. The Hungarian version of Eugene Paul Wigner's name was Jenó Pál Wigner.
Starting from the papers of Heisenberg and Dirac, Wigner’s earliest great contribution was to base the study of the n-electron atoms and their spectra on the more recent advancement of group theory.
Oct 1, 2002 · In addition to being a theoretical physicist of the first rank, Eugene Wigner (1902–95) was the founder of nuclear engineering. He led the group that designed the first very high-powered nuclear reactors, which were built at Hanford, Washington, for the production of the isotope plutonium-239.
