Wolfgang Pauli

Physicist

Birthday April 25, 1900

Birth Sign Taurus

Birthplace Vienna, Austria

DEATH DATE Dec 15, 1958 (58)

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About

An Austrian theoretical physicist and one of the pioneers of quantum physics. He was awarded the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work regarding the Pauli principle.

Before Fame

He spent a year at the University of Göttingen as the assistant to German physicist Max Born.

Trivia

Scientific equipment had a tendency to break when he was in the vicinity, and this phenomenon was coined the Pauli effect.

Family Life

He was married twice, but never had any children.

Associated With

He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1945 by Albert Einstein.