RE: The Physical Jew
June 4, 2017 at 4:53 pm
(This post was last modified: June 4, 2017 at 4:56 pm by Alex K.)
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Eugene Wigner
While he is known to the wider public as a key figure of the Manhattan project, Eugene Wigner is the man who showed how the mathematical theory of groups can be used to think about symmetries in quantum mechanics and solid state physics. That was absolutely central to understanding atomic physics, semiconductors, and all that. A towering genius in both physics and mathematics, he nevertheless wasn't the best student in his maths class - because he had John von Neumann as a class mate back in Budapest. Man, being that math teacher must have been quite the exhausting experience.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition


