Physicists who died on January 1

Take a focused look at the physicists who passed away on January 1. Dive into curated bios, achievements, and cultural milestones verified by our editors.

• 1995 Eugene Wigner

  Eugene Wigner was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and mathematician renowned for his significant contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the fundamental principles of symmetry in physics. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 for his work on the structure of atomic nuclei and the application of symmetry principles to elementary particles. [bio]