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The simplicities of natural laws arise through the complexities of the language we use for their expression.
Eugene Wigner
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Eugene Wigner
Age: 92 †
Born: 1902
Born: November 17
Died: 1995
Died: January 1
Mathematician
Nuclear Physicist
Physicist
Theoretical Physicist
University Teacher
Buda Pest
Eugene Paul Wigner
P.E. Wigner
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