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1901 | Werner Heisenberg Born
In 1901, one of the greatest physicists was born. Werner would go on to create one of the most complex systems today, quantum mechanics. He helped further the understanding of atoms and how they can be measured. -
1923 | Zeeman Effect
In 1923 Heisenberg went to work with Max Born in Gottingen and explained the anomalous Zeeman effect using a modification of quantum rules. This effect helped to deduce information about atomic structure by separating lines formed by a strong magnetic field. This lead Heisenberg to question what happens inside the atom without speculation. -
1925 | Founded Quantum Mechanics
Heisenberg wanted to explain the inner workings of atoms using a mathematical system. By obtaining frequencies of lines in the hydrogen spectrum with mathematical treatment inside matrices or arrays, Heisenberg was able to predict from hydrogen spectrum studies that hydrogen exists in two allotropes which led to the creation of quantum mechanics. Heisenberg received the Nobel Prize for his theory in quantum mechanics in 1932. -
1927 | Uncertainty Principle
Heisenberg is best know for his creation of the Uncertainty Principle. This principle states that there is a limit to how precisely you can measure a particles position and velocity simultaneously. You can accurately measure one at a time leading to uncertainty in the opposing variable measurement. This was revolutionary, an idea that the result of an action can be expressed only in with probability of a certain effect.
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1929 | Hydrogen exists in two allotropes
Erwin Schrodinger created a system that suggested wave mechanics accounted mathematically for the discoveries by Louis de Broglie that electrons don't occupy orbits but instead exist as waves. This lead Heisenberg to predict from studies of the hydrogen spectrum that hydrogen exists in two allotropes; ortho-hydrogen and para-hydrogen. Within these two allotropes, the nuclei spin in opposite directions. -
1976 | Werner Heisenberg Death
After a lifelong list of accomplishments, Heisenberg has contributed to many new findings in science and mathematics. He has helped to shape the paradigms that we use in science today. He was a physicist, a professor and a Nobel Prize winner, but mostly, he is the father of quantum mechanics.
