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Nobel Prize in Physics 1963

"for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles"
Eugene P. Wigner
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Button Hungary & USA
Button born 1902 (Budapest, Hungary), died 1995
Button CA - Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Button AA - Princeton University
Button WA - Princeton University & University of Chicago (Manhattan Project), Chicago, Illinois, USA
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"for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure"

Maria Goeppert-Mayer
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Button Germany & USA
Button born 1906, (Kattowitz, then Germany), died 1972
Button CA - University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
Button AA - University of Chicago & Institute for Nuclear Studies (Enrico Fermi Institute) & Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Button WA - University of Chicago & Institute for Nuclear Studies (Enrico Fermi Institute) & Argonne National Laboratory
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Johannes Hans D. Jensen
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Button born 1907, died 1973
Button CA -  University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Button AA - Institute of Technology at Hanover, Hanover, Germany & later at University of Heidelberg
Button WA - Institute of Technology at Hanover & later at University of Heidelberg
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Eugene P. Wigner:

Maria Goeppert-Mayer:

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Explanation of Institutional Affiliations:
Current Affiliation (CA)
The Laureate's current or last affiliation.
Award Affiliation (AA)
The institution(s) with which the Laureate was officially associated when s/he did the Nobel award work.
Work Affiliation (WA)
Where the actual Nobel work was performed. Particularly in recent years, work leading to experimental discoveries is often conducted at one of a few large physics laboratories in the world.

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