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 …

Oct 24, 2025 · 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 …

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 …

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 …

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] …

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 …

There was a mass exodus of German scientists in the 1930s, but Heisenberg was one of the few top-notch scientists who decided to remain. Along with Max Planck, he expressed hope of …

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 …

Werner Heisenberg, (born Dec. 5, 1901, Würzburg, Ger.—died Feb. 1, 1976, Munich, W.Ger.), German physicist. Educated at Munich and Göttingen, he taught at the University of Leipzig …

In 1925, Werner Heisenberg formulated a type of quantum mechanics based on matrices. In 1927 he proposed the “uncertainty relation”, setting limits for how precisely the position and velocity …