( ( Eugene Wigner ) ( ( ( used ( group theory ) ) ( to ( explain ( ( the ( selection rules ) ) ( of ( atomic spectroscopy ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
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Eugene Wigner used group theory to explain the selection rules of atomic spectroscopy.
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