-
DECEMBER 5TH 1901
Born in Wurzburg, Germany. -
Matrix Mechanics
-
Matrix Mechanics
The first ever formula of what we now know as Quantum Mechanics. It was created as a way to measure variables in the atom in a mathematical sense while undergoing an interaction with radiation. It helps us create a better view of what would normally be a difficult visualization. Today it is a widely used matrix mechanics formula. -
The Uncertainty Principle/Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
Heisenberg created The Uncertainty Principle in his search of a better and in depth structure of the hydrogen atom. While performing his experiments, he noticed that light would always hit a particle within the atom. While using quantum mechanics he discovered that this was an inaccuracy, this would result in irregular measurements with constant variables, leading to an "uncertainty" each time you measure the partical mechanics. -
1932 Noble Prize winner
Werner Heisenberg was awarded the Nobel Prize for his efforts and creation of Quantum Mechanics. -
World War 2
At the start of the Second World War, Werner Heisenberg was granted the position of principle scientist. During the duration of the war he worked on many scientific projects for the germany, but perhaps he is best know for his work in nuclear fission and the Nuclear Weapon Project. -
Period: to
Heisenberg and Philosophy
Heisenberg claimed that scientific advances would later lead to "cultural conflicts" and that modern day physics would one day create a unified persception of how we view the world as a whole. In 1974 during a speech that would later be published as "Scientific and Religious Truth" he explained that he could not dismiss that religous thinking was a natural part of humanity and that throughout his life he was unable to excuse religion from his course of thinking. -
Period: to
Operation Paperclip
With World War 2 coming to an end, the United States found themselves behind in a few military areas. Rocket propulsion, chemical writings, and armored units. With the fall of the Third Reich, this left germany's top scientists who had developed technology that had never been seen before; scattered throughout europe. Being that Werner Heisenberg was the head of the Military Research Association, which formed all famous german scientist under one umbrella "The Heisenberg List." -
FEBRUARY 1ST 1976
At the age of 74 Werner Heisenberg died while at home in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany due to kidney cancer. With his recent endeavors he found himself in discussions regarding religion and philosophy, Heisenberg made the decision to write an autobiography which was later published in english under the name of "Physics and beyond: Encounters and Conversations." Werner Heisenberg was laid to rest in Munich Waldfriedholf.