Werner Heisenberg
Werner Heisenberg
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a German theoretical physicist and one of the main pioneers of the theory of quantum mechanics.
Born
Werner Karl Heisenberg 5 December 1901 Würzburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died
1 February 1976 (aged 74) Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
Known for
Uncertainty principle Copenhagen interpretation Heisenberg cut Heisenberg's entryway to matrix mechanics Heisenberg ferromagnet Heisenberg group Heisenberg limit Heisenberg's microscope Heisenberg model
Fields
Theoretical physics
Alma mater
University of Munich University of Göttingen
Awards
Matteucci Medal (1929) Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science (1930) Nobel Prize in Physics (1932) Max Planck Medal (1933) Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1955) Foreign Associate of the
Institutions
University of Göttingen University of Copenhagen University of Leipzig University of Berlin University of Munich
Spouse(s)
Elisabeth Schumacher ( m. 1937 )
adultbasic
Germany
Children
7 (incl. Jochen and Martin )
Doctoral advisor
Arnold Sommerfeld
Doctoral students
Felix Bloch Edward Teller Rudolf E. Peierls Reinhard Oehme Friedwardt Winterberg Șerban Țițeica Ivan Supek Erich Bagge Hermann Arthur Jahn Hans Heinrich Euler
era
1800+
Influenced
Robert Döpel Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
Other academic advisors
Niels Bohr Max Born
Other notable students
William Vermillion Houston Guido Beck Ugo Fano Ettore Majorana Herbert Wagner
Resting place
Munich Waldfriedhof
Thesis
Über Stabilität und Turbulenz von Flüssigkeitsströmen (On stability and turbulence of liquid flows) (1923)