1. Wolfgang Ernst Pauli
Born on April
25, 1900 –
December
15,1958
“This isn't right. This isn't
even wrong.”
Wolfgang Pauli, on a
paper submitted by a
physicist colleague
Swiss (Austrian-born)
physicist (1900 - 1958)

2. Greatest Accomplishment
Wolfgang received Nobel Prize in Physics for his
contribution through his discovery of a new law of
nature, the Pauli principle, involving spin theory,
underpinning the structure of matter and the
whole of Chemistry.

3. Ethnic Background and Personal Life
Wolfgang was born in Vienna, Austria.
Son of a chemist named Wolfgang Joseph Pauli and
his wife Berta Camilla.
Raised as a Roman Catholic.
In November of 1930, he had a divorce.

4. Education and Positions Held
Attended the Döblinger-
Gymnasium in Vienna,
graduating with
distinction in 1918.
Attended the Ludwig-
Maximilians University in
Munich, working under
Arnold Sommerfeld.
Received his PhD in July
1921 for his thesis on the
quantum theory of ionized
molecular hydrogen.

5. Contributions Made to the Science
Community
Wolfgang formulated the
exclusion principle and the
theory of nonrelativistic
spin.
He formulated the Pauli
exclusion principle, which
stated that no two
electrons could exist in the
same quantum state,
identified by four quantum
numbers including his
new two-valued degree of
freedom.

6. Awards
Lorentz Medal (1931)
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1945)
Matteucci Medal (1956)
Max Planck Medal
(1958)

7. References
Enz, Charles; Meyenn, Karl von (1994). "Wolfgang
Pauli, A Biographical Introduction". Writings on
Physics and Philosophy (Springer-Verlag).
The Historical Development of Quantum Theory, By
Jagdish Mehra, Helmut Rechenberg, page 488,
Springer (December 28, 2000).
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