Wolfgang Paul (August 10, 1913 - December 7, 1993) was a German physicist, who co-developed the ion trap. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1989 for this work. August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... A physicist is a scientist trained in physics. ... An ion trap is a combination of electric or magnetic fields that captures ions in a region of a vacuum system or tube. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

During World War II, he researched isotope separation, which is necessary to produce fissionable material for use in making nuclear weapons. His son, Stephan Paul, is a professor of experimental physics at the Technical University of Munich. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was by far the bloodiest and most expensive war in history, estimated... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ... Experimental physics is the part of physics that deals with experiments and observations, unlike theoretical physics. ... Munich University of Technology, or Technical University of Munich (TUM) (German: Technische Universität München, TUM), is a major German university, located in Munich (and the towns of Garching and Weihenstephan out of Munich). ...