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Wigner, November 17, 1902 — January 1, 1995 | By Frederick
Seitz, Erich Vogt, and Alvin M. Weinberg | Biographical Memoirs
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS National Academy of Sciences  Eugene Paul
Wigner, photo Courtesy of Atoms for Peace Awards, Inc. Eugene
Paul Wigner, signature Eugene Paul Wigner November 17, 1902 —
January 1, 1995 By Frederick Seitz, Erich Vogt, and Alvin M.
Weinberg  EUGENE WIGNER WAS A towering leader of modern physics
for more than half of the twentieth century. While his greatest
renown was associated with the introduction of symmetry theory
to quantum physics and chemistry, for which he was awarded the
Nobel Prize in physics for 1963, his scientific work encompassed
an astonishing breadth of science, perhaps unparalleled during
his time.  In preparing this memoir, we have the impression we
are attempting to record the monumental achievements of half a
dozen scientists. The