Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician (1902–1995). Eugene Paul Wigner was born on 17 November 1902 in what is now Hungary. Eugene Paul Wigner is remembered as a mathematician, physicist and university teacher, a citizen of Hungary and the United States. Notable works include “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences” and “Wigner's theorem”.
Before and after
- 28 July 1902Birth of Karl Popper
- 8 August 1902Birth of Paul Dirac
- 22 August 1902Birth of Leni Riefenstahl
- 29 September 1902Death of Émile Zola
- 17 November 1902Birth of Eugene Paul Wigner
- 1903Origins of Major League Baseball
- 1903Founding of Beşiktaş J.K.
- 1903Airplane
- 1903Publication of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
More in Science & technology
- 1771Discovery of oxygen
- 1772Discovery of nitrogen
- 1789Discovery of carbon
- 1817Discovery of lithium
- 1825Discovery of aluminium
- 18 August 1868Discovery of helium
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