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Wolfgang Ernst Pauli (April 25, 1900 – December 15, 1958) was an Austria theoretical physicist noted for his work on spin theory, and for the discovery of the exclusion principle underpinning the structure of matter and the whole of chemistry. Pauli was born in Vienna to Wolfgang Joseph Pauli and Berta Camilla Schütz. His middle name was given in honor of his godfather, the physicist Ernst Mach. His paternal grandparents were from prominent Jewish families of Prague, but his father (originally... full article at wikipedia

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  • 1945
  • for the discovery of the Exclusion Principle, also called the Pauli principle
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