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Birthplace
Werner Heisenberg is born in Würzburg, Germany on 5 December in 1901. -
Matrix Mechanics
Matrix mechanics is one of the first formulations quantum mechanics ever made. The formulation is a way to measure the different variables in an atom mathematically while being interacted with radiation. More so, the variables that are visible to see, I.E the position of said variable and angular position. Although it poses a defect where its difficult to visualize measurements and most scientists prefer the "wave mechanics" instead, its the most commonly used formulation of matrix mechanics. -
The Uncertainty Principle
Also known as Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, Heisenberg discovered his principle while trying to better understand the structure of the hydrogen atom. He began noticing when a wavelength of light began hitting a particle in the atom, it would show an inaccurate measurement of the particle position while using quantum mechanics. So whenever you try to measure the mechanics of a particle, a different particle measurement would then change because of the light, thus calling it "uncertainty." -
The Uncertainty Principle
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WWII
Throughout WWII, Heisenberg was given the role of being the principal scientist in leading the research of the "German Nuclear Weapon Project." Shortly after the foundation of nuclear fission, he was tasked with making a nuclear weapon for the Germans to upgrade their catastrophic abilities on the battlefield. Upon researching for this weapon, Heisenberg found more information on scattering matrix and how it had the ability to collide and release enormous amounts of energy. -
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Superconductivity
Two years after the end of WWII, Heisenberg took interest in superconductivity. He contributed to the field by giving a better understanding of how this phenomenon works. Superconductivity is when the property of zero electrical resistance in some substances at very low absolute temperatures. With the paper he wrote with Max von Laue, they were both able to give more value in this topic to the future scientists in how superconductivity actually works. -
Death
Werner Heisenberg died of kidney and gall bladder cancer on February 1, 1976 at 74 years old.
