Werner Heisenberg

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

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Label Occurrences
Werner Heisenberg canonical 49
Heisenberg 3

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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
Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
surface form: 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
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
surface form: University of Munich
ethnicGroup German
familyName Werner Heisenberg self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
uncertainty principle
surface form: Heisenberg uncertainty principle
notableWork Heisenberg model
S-matrix
surface form: 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

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

Referenced by (52)

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Sin-Itiro Tomonaga influencedBy Werner Heisenberg
Max Born notableStudent Werner Heisenberg
Yoshio Nishina collaboratedWith Werner Heisenberg
Niels Bohr influenced Werner Heisenberg
Max Planck Medal hasRecipient Werner Heisenberg
Edward Teller academicAdvisor Werner Heisenberg
Franklin Medal notableRecipient Werner Heisenberg
Werner Heisenberg familyName Werner Heisenberg self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Heisenberg
Rudolf Peierls doctoralAdvisor Werner Heisenberg
Max Planck influenced Werner Heisenberg
Felix Bloch doctoralAdvisor Werner Heisenberg
Arnold Sommerfeld notableStudent Werner Heisenberg
Wolfgang Pauli influenced Werner Heisenberg
Niels Bohr Institute notableStudent Werner Heisenberg
Physics developedBy Werner Heisenberg
Matteucci Medal hasRecipient Werner Heisenberg
Gifford Lectures notableLecturer Werner Heisenberg
matrix mechanics developedBy Werner Heisenberg
uncertainty principle formulatedBy Werner Heisenberg
uncertainty principle namedAfter Werner Heisenberg
Heisenberg model namedAfter Werner Heisenberg
Pascual Jordan coAuthor Werner Heisenberg
Pascual Jordan influencedBy Werner Heisenberg
Elisabeth Heisenberg spouse Werner Heisenberg
Peierls influencedBy Werner Heisenberg
subject surface form: Rudolf Peierls
quantum mechanics keyContributor Werner Heisenberg
Werner hasNotableBearer Werner Heisenberg
Kaiser Wilhelm Society notableMember Werner Heisenberg
Nicholas Baker notableStudent Werner Heisenberg
subject surface form: Niels Bohr
Planck influenced Werner Heisenberg
subject surface form: Max Planck
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck influencedBy Werner Heisenberg
Walter White (fictional character) alsoKnownAs Werner Heisenberg
subject surface form: Walter White
this entity surface form: Heisenberg
Simon Stephens notableWork Werner Heisenberg
this entity surface form: Heisenberg
Copenhagen school associatedWith Werner Heisenberg
Solvay Conferences participant Werner Heisenberg
subject surface form: Fifth Solvay Conference on Physics
Wu Ta-You doctoralAdvisor Werner Heisenberg
Viki Weisskopf doctoralAdvisor Werner Heisenberg
Harry Lehmann doctoralAdvisor Werner Heisenberg