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Eugene Wigner

1902 - 1995

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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. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 "for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles". A graduate of the Technical Hochschule Berlin (now Technische Universität Berlin), Wigner worked as an assistant to Karl Weissenberg and Richard Becker at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin, and David Hilbert at the University of Göttingen. Wigner and Hermann Weyl were responsible for introducing group theory into physics, particularly the theory of symmetry in physics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugene Wigner is the 100th most popular physicist (down from 65th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 28th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Hungarian Physicist.

Eugene Wigner is most famous for his work in quantum mechanics. He is credited with the discovery of the Wigner's Friend paradox, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963.

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Among physicists, Eugene Wigner ranks 100 out of 851. Before him are Barry Barish, Ben Roy Mottelson, J. Hans D. Jensen, Percy Williams Bridgman, Jean Baptiste Perrin, and William Henry Bragg. After him are Donald A. Glaser, Aage Bohr, Thomas Young, Peter Debye, Mikhail Lomonosov, and Georges Lemaître.

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Among people born in 1902, Eugene Wigner ranks 12. Before him are Leni Riefenstahl, John Steinbeck, Carl Rogers, Halldór Laxness, Paul Dirac, and Isaac Bashevis Singer. After him are Kurt Alder, Saud of Saudi Arabia, Fernand Braudel, Alfred Kastler, Barbara McClintock, and Walter Houser Brattain. Among people deceased in 1995, Eugene Wigner ranks 9. Before him are Bob Ross, Emil Cioran, Gilles Deleuze, Juan Manuel Fangio, Emmanuel Levinas, and Adolf Butenandt. After him are Hannes Alfvén, Mikhail Botvinnik, Maurizio Gucci, Michael Ende, Milovan Đilas, and Gunnar Nordahl.

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Among people born in Hungary, Eugene Wigner ranks 29 out of 1,077. Before him are John Zápolya (1487), Robert Capa (1913), Edgar Ætheling (1051), Jadwiga of Poland (1374), Anne of Bohemia and Hungary (1503), and Ilona Staller (1951). After him are Count of St. Germain (1712), György Lukács (1885), Dennis Gabor (1900), Ladislaus the Posthumous (1440), Andrew II of Hungary (1175), and Viktor Orbán (1963).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Hungary

Among physicists born in Hungary, Eugene Wigner ranks 3. Before him are Leo Szilard (1898), and Edward Teller (1908). After him are Dennis Gabor (1900), Georg von Békésy (1899), Arpad Elo (1903), Ferenc Krausz (1962), Nicholas Kurti (1908), Zoltán Lajos Bay (1900), Valentine Telegdi (1922), and Egon Orowan (1902).

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