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Life span of Werner Karl Heisenberg
Born: Werner Karl Heisenberg, December 05, 1901, Würzburg, Bavaria, German Empire
Died:February 01, 1976, Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
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Received Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Munich.
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Breakthrough
Heisenberg made the mathematical foundation for quantum mechanics.
"Quantum theoretical re-interpretation of kinematic and mechanical relations" -
Nobel Prize
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for "for the creation of quantum mechanics, the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery of the allotropic forms of hydrogen."
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Manhattan Project
Interned at Farm Hall as part of the Manhattan Project's Alsos Mission to determine German scientists' knowledge regarding the development of an atomic bomb.
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nuclear power
Heisenberg was instrumental in planning the first West German nuclear reactor at Karlsruhe, together with a research reactor in Munich. -
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