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Went to Maximilian school at Munich until 1920 where he later continued to the University of Munich to study physics under Sommerfeld, Rosenthal, Pringsheim, and Wein. -
Went to Gottingen to study physics under Max Born, Franck, and Hilbert.
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At the age of 23, published his theory of quantum mechanics. HIs theory was based on what can be observed on the radiation emitted by the atom. That we cannot always assign an electron a position in space at a given time. Mechanical quantities such as position, velocity, et. should be represented not by ordinary numbers but instead by matrices.
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Was appointed Lecturer in Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen under Niels Bohr -
At the age of 26, was appointed Professor of Theoretical Physics at the university of Leipzig.
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Went on a lecture tour to the United States, Japan, and India
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Awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics "for the creation of quantum mechanics, the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery of the allotropic forms of hydrogen."(Noble Prize in Physics 1932)
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Was appointed Professor of Physics at the University of Berlin and Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics there.
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Interned at Farm Hall as part of the Manhattan Project's Alsos Mission to determine German scientists' knowledge regarding the development of an atomic bomb. (Atomic Heritage Foundation, 1901) -
Became President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation -
Was appointed Professor of Physics in the University of Munich