Eugene Wigner Ph.D.
Eugene Wigner Ph.D.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1963
The President’s National Medal of Science – Physical Sciences 1968
Nobel co-recipients Maria Goeppert Mayer, J. Hans D. Jensen
Name: Eugene Paul Wigner
Birth: 17 November 1902, Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)
Death: 1 January 1995, Princeton, NJ, USA
Institution: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Award: “for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles”
Subject: nuclear physics, particle physics
Portion of Cash: 1/3
Education: Dr. Ing. Technische Hochschule, Berlin. [Engineering degree].
Biography
Patents
Nat’s Medal – Physical Sciences
The President’s National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Title: Professor of Mathematical Physics
Affiliation: Princeton University Princeton,New Jersey USA
Gender: Male
Year Deceased: 1995
Award Discipline: Physical Sciences
Award Year: 1968
Citation: “For his many unique innovations in the physical, mathematical and engineering sciences ranging from quantum chemistry to nuclear theory and from reactor engineering to civil defense.”
Presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on 17-Jan-69