Werner Karl Heisenberg (December 5, 1901—February 1, 1976)

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  • Birth

    Werner Karl Heisenberg was born December 5, 1901, in Würzburg, Germany.

  • Ph. D.

    In 1923 Werner Karl Heisenberg received a Ph. D in physics from the University of Munich.

  • Matrices and Quantum mechanics

    In 1925 Werner Karl Heisenberg devised a method to formulate quantum mechanics using algebraic matrices.

  • Uncertainty Principle

    In 1927 Werner Karl Heisenberg published his uncertainty principle stating that it is impossible to know both the exact position and momentum of an object at the same time. The combined uncertainty for position and momentum is equal to or greater than h/(4π), where h is Planck’s constant. This is most noteworthy with extremely small items like the atom. The following video explains Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. https://youtu.be/TQKELOE9eY4

  • Nobel Prize

    In 1932 Werner Karl Heisenberg was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Physics "for the creation of quantum mechanics, the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery of the allotropic forms of hydrogen." due to his earlier work on quantum physics. The winners were not actually announced until 1933.

  • Army Weapons Bureau

    In 1939 Werner Karl Heisenberg was drafted to work for the German Army Weapons Bureau where he worked on solving nuclear energy. He took a substantive role in Germany's nuclear research until his capture by Allied forces in 1945.

  • Operation Epsilon

    After Werner Karl Heisenberg's capture in 1945 he was interned at They were interned at Farm Hall, a bugged house in Godmanchester, England under an Allied operation code named operation epsilon. the goal was to ascertain how close Germany had gotten to building an atomic bomb by listening to their conversations.

  • Death

    Werner Karl Heisenberg died February 1, 1976, in Munich, West Germany