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Eugene Paul Wigner (usually E. P. Wigner among physicists) (November 17, 1902 – January 1, 1995) was a Hungarian physicist and mathematician. 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 ...
Jan 1, 1995 · Quick Info. Born. 17 November 1902. Budapest, Hungary. Died. 1 January 1995. Princeton, New Jersey, USA. Summary. 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.
Jan 4, 1995 · Eugene P. Wigner, a physicist who made fundamental advances in nuclear physics and quantum theory and helped usher in the atomic age, died on Sunday at the Medical Center in Princeton, N.J. He...
Professor of Mathematical Physics, Princeton University. Manhattan Project. Eugene Wigner (1902-1995) joined the Princeton faculty in 1930. In 1936, he developed Princeton’s first atom-smashing cyclotron to study nuclear properties of uranium.
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.
Watch a video clip of the 1963 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Eugene Wigner, receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma during the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 1963.
Jenő Pál Wigner was a Hungarian-born theoretical physicist whose groundbreaking work has deeply affected several branches of physics. He pioneered the application of group theory to quantum mechanics as well as the application of quantum mechanics to quantum field theory, solid-state physics, physical chemistry, and nuclear physics.
