Werner heisenberg

Werner Heisenberg

By Antfritz92

  • Birth of Heisenberg

    Werner Karl Heisenberg was born on 05 December 1901 in Wurzburg, Germany. Heisenberg was a German theoretical physicist and a main pioneer in quantum mechanics. With many achievements and accomplishments to list, one that a lot of people are familiar with is that of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. The majority of Heisenberg's work and research took place during a very strenuous time in history and no doubt shaped German history.

  • Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle

    Heisenberg's Uncertainty principle was formulated in February 1927. His Uncertainty Principle states that we cannot know both the position and speed of a particle; the more we pinpoint the position, the less we know about its speed. Interestingly, he uses Plank’s constant in his formula. This law comes into play in the quantum world because subatomic particles tend to behave like waves. A big misconception is that the measurements are UNCERTAIN or inaccurate.

  • Nobel Prize

    In 1932, Werner Heisenberg won the Nobel Prize for Physics. Oddly enough he did not receive the award until a year later in 1933. According to nobelprize.org, the Nobel Committee for physics decided that none of the year’s nominations met the criteria for the award but in such cases can be reserved for the following year. It was for “for the creation of quantum mechanics".
    https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1932/summary/

  • Uranprojekt

    The German Nuclear Weapon Project was formed on 1 September 1939 where Werner Heisenberg would eventually become the head of the project for some time. Although Heisenberg was against Nazis, his love for his country kept him going on his quest to create a nuclear bomb. Unfortunately for Heisenberg, The Manhattan Project took off and made quicker strides of creating the atomic bomb that left Heisenberg and the other physicists shocked. They realized how far behind the German program was.