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Birth of Werner Karl Heisenberg
Werner Karl Heisenberg was born in Würzburg, Germany. He was the son of Dr. August Heisenberg and his wife Annie Wecklein. -
the work of a lifetime
Heisenberg's name will always be associated with his theory of quantum mechanics, published in 1925, when he was only 23 years old. For this theory and the applications of it which resulted especially in the discovery of allotropic forms of hydrogen, Heisenberg was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1952. -
Lecturer of Theoretical Physics
He was appointed Lecturer in Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen according to Google, "On 1 May 1926, Heisenberg began his appointment as a university lecturer and assistant to Bohr in Copenhagen. In 1927, Heisenberg developed his uncertainty principle while working on the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics." From Britannica,"The Uncertainty principle is the position and the velocity of an object cannot both be measured exactly, at the same time, even in theory." -
University of Leipzig
In 1927, at the University of Leipzig, Heisenberg was appointed Lecturer a 2nd time in Theoretical Physics, at the age of 26. according to Wikipedia, "In 1927, Heisenberg was appointed ordentlicher Professor (professor ordinarius) of theoretical physics and head of the department of physics at the University, and he gave his inaugural lecture there on 1 February 1928. In mid-1933, Heisenberg presented his theory of the positron." -
Nobel Prize (1945-1946)
Heisenberg was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics "for the creation of quantum mechanics, the application of which has, inter alia, led to the allotropic forms of hydrogen. -
Death in Munich
Werner Karl Heisenberg Passes away. According to Study.com, "Werner Heisenberg died from kidney and gall bladder cancer on February 1, 1976 in Munich, Germany. Although his career was tainted by his association with Nazi Germany, Heisenberg received numerous awards throughout his lifetime."
