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Birth
Werner Heisenberg was born December 5th 1901 in Wurzburg, Germany -
High School
Attended Maximilian School at Munich until 1920 -
College Education
Heisenberg attended The University of Munich to study Physics under Sommerfeld, Wien, Pringsheim, and Rosenthal -
Study Physics
Winter of 1922-1923 went to Gottingen to study Physics under Max Born, Franck, and Hilbert -
Ph.D.
Got his Ph.D. at University of Munich and become the assist to Max Born at the University of Gottingen -
University Status
He gained the prestige title of venia legendi at the University of Gottingen -
Rockefeller Grant
Worked with a Rockefeller Grant with Niels Bohr at the University of Copenhagen -
Theory of Quantum Mechanics
Published his Theory of Quantum Mechanics at 23 years of age -
Matrix Mechanics
Created Matrix Mechanics with Max Born and Pascual Jordan -
Appointed Lecturer
Appointed Lecturer in Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen under Niels Bohr -
Heisenbrg Uncertainity
Introduces in 1927 his Heisenberg Uncertainty Principal -
Appointed Professor
Appointed Professor of Theoretical Physics at University of Leipzig at the age of 26 -
Lecture Tour
In 1929 Werner Heisenberg went on a lecture tour in United States, Japan, and India -
Nobel Prize
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics -
Appointment
Appointed Professor of Physics at the University of Berlin and Director of the Kaiser Wilheim Institute for Physics -
United State's Lectures
Invited to lecture in the United States in 1950 and 1955 -
Gifford Lectures
gave the Gifford Lectures at the University of St. Andrew's in Scotland. These lecture would be subsequently published into book -
Problems in Physics
Worked on Problems of plasma physics and thermonuclear processes -
Death
Died February 1 1976
