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Birth
Born in Wurzburg, Germany -
Earned Doctorate
While studying Mathematics and Physics at Ludwig Maxamilian University of Munich from 1920 to 1923, achieved a Doctorate for his thesis on an issue in hydrodynamics -
New Position
Appointed Lecturer of Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen under the tutelage of Neils Bohr. Heisenberg was only 25. A year later he was appointed Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Leipzig -
Uncertainty Principle
Werner Heisenberg created an equation that he dubbed the Uncertainty Principle. This equations explains that there is a fundamental limit to understanding a quantum system. https://youtu.be/TQKELOE9eY4 -
Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics
Achieved in 1932 but delayed until November 1933, Werner Heisenberg was recognized as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics for his creation of Quantum Mechanics. He was nominated for the award by Albert Einstein in 1928. -
World War II
On the first day of World War II, Nazi Germany established the Uranverein, also known as the German nuclear weapons program. Although Heisenberg was a member, it was recorded that he proposed to the Germany Ministery of Arms that a nuclear bomb could not be completed before 1945 due to a lack of funding and personnel -
The Alsos Mission
Heisenberg, along with other scientists were arrested in regards to a joint effort by the United Stated and Great Britain. The mission was to discover whether or not Nazi Germany had an atomic bomb program. -
The Physicist's Conception of Nature
Heisenberg had his book published where he would state "We can no longer speak of the behaviour of the particle independently of the process of observation". This statement, along with Heisenbergs other research argued against the norms witnessed at the time in physics. These views contradicted what physicists such as Albert Einstein believed to be true and ultimately presented a new philosophy in regards to particle physics -
Death
Werner Heisenberg lost the fight against kidney cancer and passed away in his home