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Werner Heisenberg: Born
Born in Würzburg, Germany -
Werner Heisenberg : Uncertainty Principle Paper
Heisenberg's first published paper defining his work in quantum mechanics through the uncertainty, or indeterminacy, principle. His work gave break through "that the momentum (p) and position (x) of a particle could not both be exactly measured simultaneously", leading to further research. What is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle? -
Noam Chomsky: Born
Who Is Noam Chomsky? Born in Philadelphia, USA.
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Werner Heisenberg: Nobel Prize
Awarded the Novel Prize in Physics for the creation of quantum mechanics. This led to the discovery of allotropic forms of hydrogen, and made Heisenberg a recognized scientific leader. This same year Germany saw the rise to power of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, or the Nazi Party, and their extremism policies. -
Werner Heisenberg: Army Weapons Bureau
After the German invasion of Poland, Heisenberg was drafted to work for the Army Weapons Bureau on the problem of nuclear energy. His work with the Nazi party, while fundamental to his future research and career, would later in-turn Heisenberg to British authorities for his alleged crimes in such a controversial role. The discovery of nuclear fission in this time had his work focused on bombs and weapons of war. -
Werner Heisenberg: Released from British Authorities
Heisenberg was released by the British authorities and soon thereafter he resumed his directorship of the reconstituted Kaiser Wilhelm. This allowed him the freedom to research and work on papers that would further his career and reclaim some of the negative cognitions of his previous role in science. -
Werner Heisenberg: CERN
Heisenberg was instrumental in Germany’s participation in the creation of the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN). Focused on the rebuild of Germany, he became the founding president of the third iteration of the Humboldt Foundation. The organization focused it's efforts on providing fellowships for foreign scholars to conduct research in Germany. -
Noam Chomsky: Teaching at MIT
Chomsky was invited to become an active teacher at MIT. He worked alongside his mentor, Halle, to establish the modern linguistics department. -
Noam Chomsky: Syntactic Structures
This book took teacher Harris's model of generative grammar, and developed more a new kind of set of rules known as "transformations". While Chomsky at the time was not known for his work, this was the first book to really show an impact or influence on the field of cognitive science. -
Noam Chomsky: Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
His first established theory in linguistics, called the "Aspects of the Theory of Syntax". This book questioned the times perspective on grammar and was the first of its kind to really theorize the human mind in conjunction to language acquisition. Chomsky, Noam. Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. Vol. 11. MIT press, 2014. -
Noam Chomsky: Bertrand Russel Memorial Lectures
Chomsky delivered the lecture at Cambridge University. By giving crucial examples of what is and what is not possible in the formation of grammatical speech, Chomsky sets out to show “that there apparently are deep‐seated and rather abstract principles of a very general nature that determine the form and interpretation of sentences.” Chomsky, Noam. Problems of Knowledge and Freedom: The Trinity College Bertrand Russell Memorial Lectures. Barrie and Jenkins, 1972. Print. -
Werner Heisenberg: Death
Death In Munich, Germany at age 74 -
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Noam Chomsky: Later-in-Life Achievements
In more recent years Chomsky continues his studies, and makes social appearance in interviews, debates and linguistic events.
Honorary Fellowship - Literary and Historical Society 2005
The Uppsala University Honorary Doctor’s degree 2007
President’s Medal- Literary and Debating Society of the National University of Ireland, Galway - 2008
Honorary Member- International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters (IAPTI) 2009