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Born in Wurzburg, Franconia, Germany All information in this timeline was found on the Encyclopedia Britannica website
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Werner started at the University of Munich
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He finished his formal work on his dissertation on hydrodynamics
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His training to teach at University level is completed
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Werner discovered a way to formulate Quantum Mechanics in terms of matrices.
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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,
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Werner won the Nobel prize in Physics
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He was instrumental in planning the first West German nuclear reactor at Karlsruhe.
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Died in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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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
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