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Werner Heisenberg December 5, 1901-February 1, 1976

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  • Birth December 5, 1901

    Birth December 5, 1901
    Born to Doctor August Heisenberg in Wurzburg Germany who was a Professor at the University of Munich. Resource list: Werner Heisenberg – Biographical. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2021. Sun. 21 Nov 2021. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1932/heisenberg/biographical/

  • Doctor of Physics

    At the age of 22 Werner Heisenberg gained his Doctorate Degree. He studied at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Resource list:
    Warner Heisenberg, "Famous Scientist," accessed November 21, 2021, https://www.famousscientists.org/werner-heisenberg/

  • Nobel Prize-Quantum Mechanics

    Werner Heisenberg won this Nobel Prize for his work and creation of Quantum Mechanics. He received it the following year in 1933. December 11,1933 he gave his Nobel Lecture "The Development of Quantum Mechanics" where Werner spoke on the path to his conclusions. Work from Krame, Einstein, and Bohr all helped him with his work. Source list:
    Werner Heisenberg – Facts. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2021. Sat. 20 Nov 2021. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1932/heisenberg/facts/

  • Nuclear Fission

    When the Nazi regime took over Germany many scientist fled Germany but Heisenberg stayed. He became the leader in the Nazi war project "Uranium Project" that was a result from the discovery of Nuclear Fission. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SeddiqLGzk Resource list: Werner Heisenberg. Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings. youtube.com. accessed November 21, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SeddiqLGzk

  • President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

    In 1953 he became the President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, "which was to invite scientists from other countries to Germany and to help them to work there." (NobelPrize.org) Resource list: Werner Heisenberg – Biographical. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2021. Sun. 21 Nov 2021. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1932/heisenberg/biographical/

  • Death February 1, 1976

    Death February 1, 1976
    Werner Heisenberg died from cancer in Munich, West Germany. Resource list: Werner Heisenberg – Biographical. Famousscientists.org. The art of Genius. Sun. 21 Nov 2021. https://www.famousscientists.org/werner-heisenberg/