Werner Heisenberg - Braiden Lee

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  • Werner Heisenberg is Born - December 5th, 1901

    Werner Heisenberg is Born - December 5th, 1901

    Werner Heisenberg is born in Wurzburg Germany. Raised Christian, Heisenberg was a notable fan of Plato, and Heisenberg said that reading Plato and philosophy is what made him so smart.
  • Werner Heisenberg - 1901 to 1976

    Werner Heisenberg - 1901 to 1976

    Studying physics and mathematics in the early 1920s, he received his doctorate in 1923 after studying under Arnold Sommerfeld. His doctoral thesis was on turbulence, specifically that of laminar and turbulent flow.
  • Heisenberg - 1901 to 1976 - Uncertainty Principle

    Heisenberg - 1901 to 1976 - Uncertainty Principle

    Heisenberg is most well-known for his 1927 publication on the uncertainty principle.
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  • Heisenberg - 1901 to 1976 - Nobel Prize

    Heisenberg - 1901 to 1976 - Nobel Prize

    Heisenberg won the 1932 Nobel Prize of Physics after working on a quantum field theory as well as the theory of the atomic nucleus.
  • Heisenberg - 1901 to 1976 - WW2

    Heisenberg - 1901 to 1976 - WW2

    1939 marks the beginning of the Second World War, in which Werner Heisenberg worked on atomic research in the Uranverein or German nuclear weapons program, after the discovery of Nuclear Fission.
  • Heisenberg - 1901 to 1976 - Retirement

    Heisenberg - 1901 to 1976 - Retirement

    Werner Heisenberg retires from his institute directorship at Max Planck Institute for Physics. He dies six years later, on February 1st, 1976 after a tremendous amount of work in the physics field.