Eugene Wigner

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Hungarian-American person Nobel laureate in Physics human theoretical physicist

Eugene Wigner was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose pioneering work in quantum mechanics and the theory of symmetries profoundly shaped modern physics.

Aliases (4)

Eugene P. Wigner ×1
Eugene Paul Wigner ×1
Margit Wigner ×1
Wigner ×1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hungarian-American person → Nobel laureate in Physics → human → theoretical physicist →
awardReceived	Enrico Fermi Award → Franklin Medal → Max Planck Medal → National Medal of Science → Nobel Prize in Physics → Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts →
countryOfBirth	Austria-Hungary →
countryOfCitizenship	Hungary → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1902-11-17 →
dateOfDeath	1995-01-01 →
doctoralAdvisor	Michael Polanyi → Richard Becker →
educatedAt	Budapest University of Technology and Economics → Technical University of Berlin →
employer	Institute for Advanced Study → Manhattan Project → Metallurgical Laboratory, University of Chicago → Princeton University → University of Wisconsin–Madison →
familyName	Wigner →
fieldOfWork	mathematical physics → nuclear physics → quantum mechanics → theoretical physics →
fullName	Eugene Paul Wigner →
givenName	Eugene →
influenced	mathematical treatment of quantum symmetries → modern particle physics → nuclear structure theory →
knownFor	Wigner crystal → Wigner distribution function → Wigner energy levels and random matrix theory in nuclear physics → Wigner surmise → Wigner–Eckart theorem → Wigner–Seitz cell in solid-state physics → Wigner’s classification of particles → Wigner’s friend thought experiment → Wigner’s theorem on symmetry transformations → Wigner’s work on the nuclear shell model → application of group theory to quantum mechanics → theory of symmetries in quantum mechanics →
memberOf	American Physical Society → Royal Society → United States National Academy of Sciences →
nativeName	Wigner Jenő Pál →
NobelPrizeCategory	Physics →
NobelPrizeMotivation	for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles →
NobelPrizeYear	1963 →
notableIdea	Wigner’s friend paradox → use of symmetry groups in quantum theory →
participatedIn	Manhattan Project →
placeOfBirth	Budapest →
placeOfDeath	Princeton, New Jersey, United States →
religion	Reformed Judaism →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
John Bardeen → John Polanyi → Robert Serber →	doctoralAdvisor
Herbert L. Anderson →	collaboratedWith
X-10 graphite reactor →	designedBy
Met Lab →	employed
Eugene Wigner ("Wigner") →	familyName
Eugene Wigner ("Eugene Paul Wigner") →	fullName
Dudley R. Herschbach ("Eugene P. Wigner") →	hasAcademicAdvisor
Princeton University Department of Mathematics →	hasNotableAlumnus
Max Planck Medal →	hasRecipient
Poincaré group →	hasRepresentationTheoryDevelopedBy
Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory →	keyPerson
Manhattan Project →	keyScientist
Brillouin–Wigner perturbation theory →	namedAfter
Enrico Fermi Award →	notableRecipient
Maria Goeppert Mayer →	sharedNobelPrizeWith
Paul Dirac ("Margit Wigner") →	spouse