Werner heisenberg

Werner Heisenberg

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  • Heisenberg was born

  • University

    He started at the University of Munich.

  • Quantum mechanics

    Heisenberg discovered a way to formulate quantum mechanics in terms of matrices. He had decided to look into spectrum intensities of the electron. He only based his theories on observable quantities. Heisenberg and his assistant Pascual Jordan used matrix algebra and came up with the foundation for new quantum mechanics.

  • Uncertainty Principle

    Heisenberg published Uncertainty Principle. This is what he is best known for. Also known as Heisenberg uncertainty principle or Indeterminacy Principle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQKELOE9eY4

  • Nobel Prize

    Heisenberg was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics.

  • Nuclear Reactor

    Heisenberg helped with the plans for the first West German nuclear reactor at Karlsruhe. He did his atomic research during World War II and it was considered controversial.

  • Heisenberg died

  • Bibliography

    Beyler, Richard. “Werner Heisenberg.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 28 May 2020, www.britannica.com/biography/Werner-Heisenberg.