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Werner Heisenberg - biography.

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Werner Heisenberg - biography. German physicist Birth December 5, 1901 Death February 1, 1976 Place of Würzburg, Germany Birth Known for Developing the theory of quantum mechanics, which describes the structure and behavior of subatomic particles and the interactions of matter and radiation Proposing the uncertainty principle, a fundamental component of quantum mechanics Career 1923 Received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Munich 1924 Began to work with Danish physicist Niels Bohr at the University of Copenhagen 1925 Published a paper containing principles of quantum mechanics 1927 Proposed the uncertainty principle, which states that a particle's position and momentum cannot both be known at the same time: the more accurately you measure one, the more uncertainty exists in the measurement of the other 1927-41 Taught theoretical physics at the University of Leipzig 1932 Won the Nobel Prize in physics for his work in quantum mechanics 1941 Became a professor at the University of Berlin and the director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics, a position he retained throughout the institute's various incarnations until 1970 Did You Because of the uncertainty principle, physicists can only calculate the probability-not the certainty-of a physical event. Know According to the uncertainty principle, if a particle's momentum were known exactly, its position would be impossible to know. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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