The Resume

(April 25, 1900-December 15, 1958)
Born in Vienna, Austria
Pioneer in quantum physics
Won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the Pauli exculsion principal that no two electrons in an atom may occupy the same quantum state simultaneously (1945)

Why he might be annoying:

He referred to his father's second wife as 'the evil stepmother'; his father had remarried when Wolfgang was 28.
His first marriage lasted less than a year.
He had such a reputation for breaking equipment that some experimental scientists banned him from their labs.
He was a perfectionist who could be caustic in his criticisms, famously dismissing one unclear paper with, 'This isn't right. It's not even wrong.'

Why he might not be annoying:

Two months after graduating high school, he published his first scientific paper, on Einstein's theory of relativity (1918).
He predicted the existence of neutrinos (1930), which being electrically neutral and nearly massless are extremely difficult to detect; when their existence was confirmed experimentally (1956), he commented, 'Everything comes to him who knows how to wait.'
He was described as 'the conscience of physics.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20th Century Scientists
• Animal Names
• Born Half-Jewish
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 25]
• Catholics who are Partially Jewish
• I am from Vienna, Austria
• I Died in 1958 (Ranked: 58)
• I Earned a Doctorate
• I Had a Nervous Breakdown
• I Have Pancreatic Cancer
• I Married for Less than Two Years
• I Went to a Psychiatrist
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• Nobel Prize for Physics (Ranked: 1945)
• Our Marriage Didn't Make It To Our First Anniversary
• Profiles 27251-27500 (Ranked: 27484)
• Scientists

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 35.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying