Werner Heisenberg (5 DEC 1901- 1 FEB 1976)

By St_John

  • Achieved Doctorate

    After almost completely failing due to not doing well with his oral examination, Heisenburg earned his doctorate at the age of 22.

  • Heisenburg Introduces the Uncertainty Principle

    Heisenburg publishes his theory of quantum mechanics. In this, Heisenburg takes a new approach to quantum physics and introduces what is widely believed to be his most prominent contribution to the scientific community- the uncertainty principle. This principle, exceedingly simplified, states that we cannot know the exact position of an object and its exact momentum at the same time.

  • Heisenburg expands on the Uncertainty Principle

    Heisenburg builds on his previously published theory to expand the uncertainty principle to what we know it as today.
    {Video describing the uncertainty principle}(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQKELOE9eY4&ab_channel=ParthG)
    {Proof sheet of original publication}(http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/coll/pauling/bond/papers/corr155.1.html)
    {Translation of aforementioned publication}(https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19840008978)

  • Nobel Prize For Physics

    For the theories presented and it's direct application that lead to the discovery of hydrogen in allotropic forms, Heisenburg was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics.