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Eugene Paul Wigner
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Eugene Paul Wigner

Scientist · born November 17, 1902 · died 1995

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Eugene Paul Wigner was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who also contributed to mathematical physics.

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  1. ~56Received the Enrico Fermi Award1958
  2. ~59Received the Max Planck Medal1961
  3. ~61Received the Nobel Prize in Physics1963
  4. ~67Received the National Medal of Science1969
  5. ~70Received the Albert Einstein Award1972

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