Werner Heisenberg

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  • Birth

    Born in Wurzburg, Franconia, Germany All information in this timeline was found on the Encyclopedia Britannica website
    Beyler, Richard, Encyclopedia Britannica, Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and philosopher, Updated Dec 1, 2021
    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Werner-Heisenberg,
  • University

    Werner started at the University of Munich
  • Doctorate

    He finished his formal work on his dissertation on hydrodynamics
  • Teaching begins

    His training to teach at University level is completed
  • Quantum Mechanics

    Werner discovered a way to formulate Quantum Mechanics in terms of matrices.
  • Uncertainty Principal

    The uncertainty principle or indeterminacy principle states that the position and velocity of an object cannot both be measured at the same time accurately. Greene, Brian, Your Daily Equation #18: Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle: Math not Meth, YouTube,

    World Science Festival, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAtH4VwuFcc
  • Nobel Prize

    Werner won the Nobel prize in Physics
  • Nuclear Reactor

    He was instrumental in planning the first West German nuclear reactor at Karlsruhe.
  • Death

    Died in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
  • citation

    All information in this timeline was found on the Encyclopedia Britannica website
    Beyler, Richard, Encyclopedia Britannica, Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and philosopher, Updated Dec 1, 2021
    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Werner-Heisenberg,