Werner heisenberg

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

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  • Birth

    Birth
    August and Annie Wecklein Heisenberg has a son, who they named Werner Karl Heisenberg. He was born in Würzburg, Germany on December 5th, 1901.
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    LIFE

  • Matrix-Based Quantum Mechanics

    Matrix-Based Quantum Mechanics
    Werner Heisenberg, Max Born, and Pascual Jordan worked together to develop this new view of the quantum world. The concept was based off of matrix mathematics, and because of that it was called matrix-based quantum mechanics. This form of math allowed him to come up the uncertainty principle. “This Month in Physics History.” American Physical Society, www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200802/physicshistory.cfm.

  • The Uncertainty Principle

    The Uncertainty Principle
    In February of 1927 Heisenberg developed the uncertainty principle. This was a key development to quantum theory. Where he stated one cannot know the position and the velocity of a particle (Heisenberg 14). This this made bounds in the electrons being both a wave and a particle.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vc-Uvp3vwg Heisenberg, Werner, et al. The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory. Dover Publications, 1949.

  • Youngest Professor

    Youngest Professor
    Heisenberg became the youngest professor in Germany at University of Leipzig. He was appointed Professor of Theoretical Physics. “This Month in Physics History.” American Physical Society, www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200802/physicshistory.cfm.

  • Nobel Prize

    Nobel Prize
    Awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize, “for the creation of quantum mechanics, the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery of the allotropic forms of hydrogen." The Nobel Prize in Physics 1932. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2021. Sun. 21 Feb 2021. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1932/summary/

  • Professor of Physics

    Professor of Physics
    The University of Berlin appointed Heisenberg Professor of Physics. He was also appointed Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics Werner Heisenberg – Biographical. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2021. Sun. 21 Feb 2021. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1932/heisenberg/biographical/

  • Max Planck Society

    Max Planck Society
    Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science Appointed Heisenberg the first president of the German Research. “Heisenberg and the Nazi Party.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., www.britannica.com/biography/Werner-Heisenberg/Heisenberg-and-the-Nazi-Party#ref279995.

  • Death

    Werner Heisenberg died on February 1, 1976 in Munich, West Germany.