Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976)

Heisenberg submits his first seminal paper

1925

Heisenberg submits "Quantum theoretical re-interpretation of kinematic and mechanical relations" to the International Education Board Rockefeller Foundation fellowship

Heisenberg develops uncertainty principle

1927

Heisenberg developed his uncertainty principle, while working on the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics.

Nominated for Nobel Prize

1928

Albert Einstein nominates Heisenberg for the nobel prize in physics

Heisenberg solves Ferromagnetism

Feb 1, 1928

In his first paper published from Leipzig, Heisenberg used the Pauli exclusion principle to solve the mystery of ferromagnetism.

Lays foundation for Quantum field theory

1929

Heisenberg and Pauli submitted the first of two papers laying the foundation for relativistic quantum field theory.

Wins Nobel Prize in Physics

1933

Heisenberg was announced winner for the Prize for 1932 "for the creation of quantum mechanics, the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery of the allotropic forms of hydrogen" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SeddiqLGzk