George Uhlenbeck: A Mind Behind Quantum Motion

George Eugene Uhlenbeck was a Dutch-American theoretical physicist who made key contributions to quantum and statistical mechanics. In 1925, he and Samuel Goudsmit introduced the concept of electron spin, a major advancement in quantum theory. He also co-developed the Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process, a mathematical model describing Brownian motion as a stochastic process. Despite his groundbreaking work, Uhlenbeck never received a Nobel Prize, a fact that puzzled physicist I. I. Rabi.