Wolfgang Ernst Pauli Facts
Wolfgang Ernst Pauli Facts
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| Wolfgang Pauli was born In Vienna, Austria where his father was a chemist. |
| He graduated from the Doblinger-Gymnasium in Vienna in 1918. |
| In 1921 he earned his PhD from Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich with a thesis on the quantum theory of ionized molecular hydrogen. |
| Pauli was recognized as a brilliant scientist while still a student. |
| In 1921 he was asked to review the theory of relativity for the Encyclopedia of Mathematical Sciences. |
| The subsequent monograph was praised by Einstein and it remains a standard reference. |
| In 1923 he moved to Copenhagen to study with Niels Bohr and they became life-long friends. |
| From 1923 to 1928 he was a lecture at the University of Hamburg. |
| In 1926 Pauli used Heisenberg's matrix theory in his research on the spectrum of the hydrogen atom and provided proof of Heisenberg's theory. |
| In 1925 he introduced two new quantum numbers. |
| It was during his time at Hamburg that he formulated the theory of nonrelativistic spin. |
| He also formulated the Exclusion Principle, which states that no two electrons in an atom can have identical quantum numbers. |
| The Exclusion Principle led to the recognition of the two-valued variable required to characterize the state of an electron. |
| He was the first to recognize the neutrino. |
| He was appointed as Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Federal institute of Technology in Zurich. |
| He was instrumental in laying the foundation of the field theory of quantum mechanics. |
| In 1930 he had a nervous breakdown and became one of Carl Jung's patients. |
| They continued to correspond for years and many of their letters and discussions are published in Atom and Archetype. |
| In 1931 he received the Lorentz Medal for his contributions to theoretical physics. |
| From 1935 to 1936 he was a visiting Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University. |
| From 1940 to 1945 he Chair of Theoretical Physics at Princeton University. |
| In 1946 he became a naturalized American citizen. |
| He returned to Zurich after World War II and became a citizen of Switzerland. |
| In 1958 he received the Max Planck Medal |
| He consolidated field theory by proving the relationship between spin and statistics of particles. |
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