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Werner Karl Heisenberg is born in Wurzburg, Germany.
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Heisenberg graduates with his Ph.D. from the University of Munich.
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In September, Max Born publishes “On Quantum Mechanics” along with Pascual Jordan based on Heisenberg’s noncommutative multiplication using matrix algebra.
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In November, Heisenberg, Born, and Jordan work together to write "On Quantum Mechanics II". It becomes the foundation of quantum mechanics.
Born, Max, Werner Heisenberg, and Pascual Jordan. "On quantum mechanics. II." Journal of Physics 35.8-9 (1926): 557-615. -
In July, Heisenberg writes “Quantum-Theoretical Reinterpretation of Kinematic and Mechanical Relations” based on the problem of spectrum intensities of the electron taken as an anharmonic oscillator.
Heisenberg, Werner. "Quantum-theoretical re-interpretation of kinematic and mechanical relations." Z. Phys 33 (1925): 879-893. -
Heisenberg is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in quantum physics from 1925.
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Heisenberg is drafted to work for the Army Weapons Bureau in Germany to work with the nuclear program at the start of World War II. They were not successful in producing the atomic bomb before Germany’s surrender.
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Heisenberg is captured by American troops and imprisoned in England. He is later released in January 1946.
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Heisenberg proposes his theory of unified fields. It is referred to as his “world formula”.
Heisenberg, Werner. "The unified field theory of elementary particles: Some recent advances." Naturwissenschaften 61.1 (1974): 1-5. -
Heisenberg dies in Munich, Germany of kidney cancer.