1882 - 1970, German theoretical physicist. Worked together with
Werner Heisenberg, Wolfgang Pauli, Paul Dirac, Enrico Fermi and Max
Planck - Physics Dream Team. Made important contribution to the theory of
crystals and crystal lattices. Together with Heisenberg and Jordan he published the
first works on the statistical interpretation of quantum mechanics and its
correlation with matrix mathematics.
- ""for his fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially
for his statistical interpretation of the wavefunction"
- -- Nobel Prize motivation
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