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Birth of Werner Heisenberg
Werner Heisenberg was Born on the 5th of December 1901 in Würzburg, To his parents Dr. August Heisenberg ( a Greek language professor) and Annie Wecklein. (1) -
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Life of Werner Heisenberg
The lifespan of Werner Heisenberg is from December 5th 1901 to February 1 1976. During that time a great many things happened, Any of which he was able to influence in some way with his scientific background. The two greatest contributions would be his Uncertainty principle that plays a role in quantum physics along with his unified field theory. Enjoy!! -
Creation of the field of Quantum mechanics
In 1925 Heisenberg traveled to Bohr’s Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen. It was there at he worked along side both Rockefeller Grant and Niels Bohr, that summer he returned to Gottingen (3) and continued working with Max Born, and his new assistant Pascual Jordan, They learned that the spectrum intensities of electrons could be expressed using matrix Algebra. They submitted a paper "On quantum mechanics" and it is regarded as the founding of that field of study(4) -
Uncertainty principle
Heisenberg was published in 1927 at the age of 25, for his theory of quantum mechanics, The "Uncertainty Principle". The principle states that, the most precisely the position of some particle is determined, the less precisely its momentum can be known. Here is a link to a video that better explains what exactly the principle is. Link text (2) -
Aressted for Treason
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Won the nobel peace price in physics
Heisenberg Won the 1932 Nobel peace price in physics, although it was announced in 1933. He won the peace price for finding a "...way to formulate quantum mechanics in terms of matrices." this breakthrough was made while working at the Bohr's institute in Copenhagen (3) -
Marrage!
Heisenberg married Elisabeth Schumacher the daughter of a economics professor, they had 2 children the following year (twins) -
Nazis try to go Nuclear
Heisenberg was selected to become a leading figure in the Nazi's nuclear program. luckily it never resulted in the creation of a nuclear bomb due to resource deference's as well as physicists being forced to participate. (at one point it was believed that Heisenberg didn't understand principles of bomb design, like critical mass, however after being captured by Americans he solved several of the bombs problems within days. -
unified feild theory
After the end of WWII and his release from British custody. Heisenberg continued his work in the realm of quantum physics and his search for a fully encompassing "quantum field theory" which lead to his proposal in 1958 of his "unified field theory", this was "an attempt to describe all fundamental forces and the relationships between elementary particles in terms of a single theoretical framework." (4) however support from the physics community was limited, with quarks showing up in the 1960's. -
retired
Heisenberg retired from his directorship at the university of Munich -
death
Heisenberg passed away February 1st 1976, during his life he had been married to Elisabeth Schumacher and together they had 7 children -
Sources
(1)“The Nobel Prize in Physics 1932.” NobelPrize.org, www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1932/heisenberg/biographical/
(2)TED-Ed. “What Is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle? - Chad Orzel.” YouTube, YouTube, 16 Sept. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQKELOE9eY4
(3) Beyler, Richard. “Werner Heisenberg.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 28 Jan. 2019, www.britannica.com/biography/Werner-Heisenberg
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(4) Sutton, Christine. “Unified Field Theory.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 20 July 1998, www.britannica.com/science/unified-field-theory.
