Werner Karl Heisenberg (/ ˈhaɪ.zən.bɜːrɡ /; [2] German: [ˈvɛʁnɐ ˈhaɪzn̩bɛʁk] ⓘ; 5 December 1901 – 1 February 1976) [3] was a German theoretical physicist, one of the main pioneers of the theory of …

Jan 28, 2026 · Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and philosopher who discovered (1925) a way to formulate quantum mechanics in terms of matrices. For that discovery, he was awarded the 1932 …

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1932 was awarded to Werner Karl Heisenberg "for the creation of quantum mechanics, the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery of the allotropic forms of …

German physicist Werner Heisenberg was a leader in physics, winning the 1932 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the uncertainty principle, which states that it is impossible to specify the exact …

While Heisenberg shaped quantum mechanics and articulated the uncertainty principle soon after, his legacy is complex. In 1937, an SS publication called him a “white Jew,” and he was investigated by …

Dec 4, 2015 · The Uncertainty Principle is the discovery for which Heisenberg is most well known. As Heisenberg himself put it, the principle states "The more precisely the position [of a particle] is …

Werner Heisenberg was a German theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to quantum theory.

Werner Karl Heisenberg (5 December 1901 – 1 February 1976) was a German physicist. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of quantum mechanics. He discovered the Heisenberg …

Heisenberg is best known for his uncertainty principle and theory of quantum mechanics, which he published at the age of twenty-three in 1925. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1932 …

Werner Karl Heisenberg (December 5, 1901 – February 1, 1976) was a celebrated German physicist and Nobel laureate, one of the founders of quantum mechanics, and acknowledged to be one of the …