Werner Heisenberg

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Nobel laureate in Physics human theoretical physicist

Werner Heisenberg was a German theoretical physicist best known as a pioneer of quantum mechanics and the originator of the uncertainty principle.

Aliases (1)

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Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physics → human → theoretical physicist →
awardReceived	Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science → Max Planck Medal → Nobel Prize in Physics → Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts →
countryOfBirth	German Empire →
countryOfCitizenship	Germany →
countryOfDeath	West Germany →
dateOfBirth	1901-12-05 →
dateOfDeath	1976-02-01 →
doctoralAdvisor	Arnold Sommerfeld →
educatedAt	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich → University of Göttingen →
employer	Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics → University of Göttingen → University of Leipzig → University of Munich →
ethnicGroup	German →
familyName	Heisenberg →
fieldOfWork	cosmic rays → ferromagnetism → nuclear physics → particle physics → quantum mechanics → theoretical physics → turbulence →
givenName	Werner →
influenced	particle physics → quantum field theory →
influencedBy	Arnold Sommerfeld → Max Born → Niels Bohr →
languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned	English → German →
memberOf	Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities → Pontifical Academy of Sciences → Royal Society →
nativeLanguage	German →
notableIdea	Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics → Heisenberg uncertainty principle →
notableWork	Heisenberg model → S-matrix theory → matrix mechanics → uncertainty principle →
numberOfChildren	7 →
occupation	physicist → university teacher →
participatedIn	German nuclear weapons project →
placeOfBirth	Würzburg →
placeOfDeath	Munich →
positionHeld	director of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics → professor at University of Leipzig →
religion	Lutheranism →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Elisabeth Heisenberg →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Max Planck → Niels Bohr → Wolfgang Pauli →	influenced
Arnold Sommerfeld → Max Born → Niels Bohr Institute →	notableStudent
Felix Bloch → Rudolf Peierls →	doctoralAdvisor
Humboldt University of Berlin → Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich →	hasNotableAlumni
Matteucci Medal → Max Planck Medal →	hasRecipient
Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics → Sin-Itiro Tomonaga →	influencedBy
Edward Teller →	academicAdvisor
Yoshio Nishina →	collaboratedWith
Physics →	developedBy
Werner Heisenberg ("Heisenberg") →	familyName
Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts →	hasNotableRecipient
Tuxedo Park private laboratory →	hostedScientist
Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics →	mainProponent
University of Göttingen →	notableAssociatedScientist
Franklin Medal →	notableRecipient