Eugene Wigner

1902–1995 (age 93)

Physicist

Biography

Eugene Wigner brought extraordinary rigor and imagination to the foundations of quantum mechanics, championing the role of symmetry in physics and earning the highest honors for his insights into the atomic nucleus and the behavior of elementary particles.

Dedicated to both science and the welfare of scholars, he spent decades at Princeton, where he mentored generations of thinkers and advocated for the responsible use of scientific knowledge.

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