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Max Planck Medal
1961
Eugene Paul Wigner

Eugene Paul Wigner

Symmetry principles in quantum mechanics.

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Affiliated at time of winning

Princeton University

Princeton, United States

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Prize share: Max Planck Medal 1961 1/1
Birth: 1902-11-17
Birth city: Budapest
Birth country: Hungary
Citizenship: Hungary; United States
Death: 1995-01-01
Death city: Princeton
Death country: United States
WDATA: Q155790
OpenAlex: A5006868097
ROR: 00hx57361

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