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Werner Heisenberg
German theoretical physicist (–)
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Werner Karl Heisenberg (;[2]German:[ˈvɛʁnɐˈhaɪzn̩bɛʁk]ⓘ; 5 December – 1 February )[3] was a German theoretical physicist, one of the main pioneers of the theory of quantum mechanics and a principal scientist in the Nazi nuclear weapons program during World War II.
He published his Umdeutung paper in , a major reinterpretation of old quantum theory. In the subsequent series of papers with Max Born and Pascual Jordan, during the same year, his matrix formulation of quantum mechanics was substantially elaborated. He is known for the uncertainty principle, which he published in Heisenberg was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "for the creation of quantum mechanics".[4][a]
Heisenberg also made contributions to the theories of the hydrodynamics of turbulent flows, the atomic nucleus, ferromagnetism,
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Werner Heisenberg
Werner Heisenberg () was a German theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner.
Heisenberg was a main contributor to the German atomic program during World War II, in direct competition with the Manhattan planerat arbete . In , he visited Niels Bohr in Copenhagen to discuss nuclear research. Nazi architect Albert Speer consulted Heisenberg about the possibility of turning the knowledge into a nuclear weapon. Heisenberg told Speer that a bomb could not be built before , and would require significant monetary and manpower resources. By the end of , it was apparent the German nuclear energy program would not end the war effort in the nära term. Instead, German scientists focused their efforts on more pressing matters which would have an immediate impact on the war.
In , the Manhattan planerat arbete established the Alsos uppdrag to investigate German progress in developing a nuclear weapon. The United States took numerous German nuclear scientists into custody throughout and H
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Werner Heisenberg
Werner Karl Heisenberg (5 December – 1 February ) was a Germanphysicist. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of quantum mechanics. He discovered the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, which shows there is a limit on how well position and velocity of a particle can be measured.
Early life
[change | change source]Heisenberg was born in Wuerzburg, Germany, the son of a professor of Byzantine history. He went to university to study physics in Munich. Arnold Sommerfeld was one of his teachers.
Heisenberg was a very good student and needed only three years to finish his studies. He then wrote a doctoralthesis about movements in the flows of liquids ("Über Stabilität und Turbulenz von Flüssigkeitsströmen"—"On the stability and turbulence of liquid streams"). In he became assistant to Max Born at the University of Göttingen. In June he was recovering from hay fever on the island Helgoland, and while working alone made the decisive breakthrough to