The question of the origin of the universe is one of the mo… - Victor Weisskopf

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The question of the origin of the universe is one of the most exciting topics for a scientist to deal with. It reaches far beyond its purely scientific significance, since it is related to human existence, to mythology, and to religion. Furthermore, it deals with questions are connected with the fundamental structure of matter, with elementrary particles.

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About Victor Weisskopf

Victor Frederick Weisskopf (September 19, 1908 – April 22, 2002) was an Austrian born Jewish American theoretical physicist. He did postdoctoral work with Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, Wolfgang Pauli and Niels Bohr. During World War II he worked at Los Alamos on the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb, and later campaigned against the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

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Native Name: Victor Frederick Weisskopf

Alternative Names: V. F. Weisskopf • Victor Frederick "Viki" Weisskopf • V.F. Weisskopf • Victor Frederik Weisskopf

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