Wolfgang Pauli
25 April 1900 – 15 December 1958
Wolfgang Pauli was an Austrian-born theoretical physicist and one of the pioneers of quantum mechanics. He is best known for the Pauli exclusion principle, for which he received the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physics, and for postulating the existence of the neutrino.
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Life events
Born in Vienna; his godfather was the physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgEarned his PhD at the University of Munich with a dissertation on the quantum theory of ionized molecular hydrogen.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgProduced an encyclopedia article on the theory of relativity that Einstein praised for its depth and maturity.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgProposed that no two electrons can occupy the same quantum state, a cornerstone of atomic structure.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgBecame professor of theoretical physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgProposed a new neutral, nearly massless particle to explain apparent energy loss in beta decay.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMoved to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton during the Second World War.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgReceived the 1945 Nobel Prize for his discovery of the exclusion principle.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgResumed his professorship in Zurich after the war, remaining there for the rest of his career.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDied of pancreatic cancer in Zurich at the age of 58.
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