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Birth
Born in Wurzburg, Franconia, Germany All information in this timeline was found on the Encyclopedia Britannica website
Beyler, Richard, Encyclopedia Britannica, Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and philosopher, Updated Dec 1, 2021
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University
Werner started at the University of Munich -
Doctorate
He finished his formal work on his dissertation on hydrodynamics -
Teaching begins
His training to teach at University level is completed -
Quantum Mechanics
Werner discovered a way to formulate Quantum Mechanics in terms of matrices. -
Uncertainty Principal
The uncertainty principle or indeterminacy principle states that the position and velocity of an object cannot both be measured at the same time accurately. Greene, Brian, Your Daily Equation #18: Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle: Math not Meth, YouTube,
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Nobel Prize
Werner won the Nobel prize in Physics -
Nuclear Reactor
He was instrumental in planning the first West German nuclear reactor at Karlsruhe. -
Death
Died in Munich, Bavaria, Germany -
citation
All information in this timeline was found on the Encyclopedia Britannica website
Beyler, Richard, Encyclopedia Britannica, Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and philosopher, Updated Dec 1, 2021
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Werner-Heisenberg,