Talk:Eugene Wigner
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This is indeed a good article (it was added to brilliant prose). I always get suspicious when an anonymous person posts a good, polished article :-) --but it passes the Google test (meaning it probably wasn't online in exactly these words until now). --LMS
I'm interested in Prof. Wigner's connection to the Unification Movement of Sun Myung Moon. I know he participated in the science conference sponsored by Rev. Moons International Cultural Foundation. But what was his role?
I hate to rely on memory. Was he a conference chairman, or what?
Here's a quote I picked up on an Altavista search.
- Eugene Wigner, a theoretical physicist, is (or was) on the board of directors of the Committee on the Present Danger. (25) He is a member of the advisory board of Accuracy in Media and was a member of the advisory board of Western Goals Foundation. (36) Accuracy in Media also received some of the $400,000 raised through Charles Wick's efforts at the White House (see Govt Connections). (53) Wigner received a $200,000 "founder's award" from the Rev. Sun Myung Moon--head of the Unification Church--at the 1982 Intl Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (ICUS). ICUS is an offshoot of the Moon-funded Intl Cultural Foundation. (49)
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This article omits important aspects of his influence on cosmology and the philosophy of mathematics, in particular his most-cited article "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Physical Sciences," 1960.
Can someone fix the template - Laureate 97 is too far off to the right. Ludvikus 07:40, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
The infobox says his religion is "Jewish", I believe the correct term is Judaism, even though he was by ethnicity Jewish. The article also says the family converted to Lutheranism. And then there's the question whether he was a practicing Jew or simply Jewish. I propose removal or perhaps alteration to "Ethnicity: Jewish" if there are no sources for his religious affiliations. Naphra 19:27, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
- There is a source saying he was Jewish. He was clearly born Jewish. At best it might be said "Jewish: converted to Lutheranism"; anything else violates WP:NOR.--Runcorn 21:04, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
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