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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1963
Eugene Wigner, Maria Goeppert Mayer, J. Hans D. Jensen

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1963

Eugene Paul Wigner

Eugene Paul Wigner

Maria Goeppert Mayer

Maria Goeppert Mayer

J. Hans D. Jensen

J. Hans D. Jensen

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 was divided, one half awarded to Eugene Paul Wigner "for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles", the other half jointly to Maria Goeppert Mayer and J. Hans D. Jensen "for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure".

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