Werner Heisenberg was an exceptional scientist, who fell in love with physics by chance. Although Heisenberg studied through the trying times of World War 1 and World War 2, with the help of others, he contributed to new principles’ and theories in physics.. Heisenberg was most famous for his theory of quantum mechanics, which earned him a Nobel Prize in 1932; he is also famous for his work on the principle of uncertainty. Heisenberg’s work has contributed tremendously to the science community; he has influenced many others with his theories, and has both directly and indirectly helped shape the sciences of today.
Werner Heisenberg was born on the 5th of December 1901 in Wurzburg, Germany. He was the son of a professor, his father taught Greek language at the University of Munich. When physicists Yukawa discovered the particle Meson, it was proposed to naming it Mesotron, but Werner pointed out that the Greek word did not have a “tr” in it, so with his influence the particle was named Meson. When Werner was in high school he had to stop his studies, and help harvest a farm because of WW1. After the brutal war had ended he went back to Munich, he got involved with the democratic socialist forces that fought against the communist government that had control of the Bavarian state where he was born. He then became heavily involved in youth groups trying to rebuild German society after WW1.
In 1920 he went to the university of Munich to get a degree in math, but as fate would have it, he dropped it because his math professor would not allow him into an advanced class. After he dropped math, he joined physics and instantly took to an interest in theoretical physics. Werner enjoyed working out problems using the Bohr model of the atom...
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...atural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.” Heisenberg died from cancer in 1976.
Heisenberg’s research has helped us better understand the smallest particles. His work has contributed to nuclear energy. He also made important contributions to the theories of the hydrodynamics of turbulent flows, the atomic nucleus, ferrimagnetism, cosmic rays, and subatomic particles and he was instrumental in planning the first West German nuclear reactor at Karlsrue, together with a research reactor in Munich, in 1957. Heisenberg was a brilliant young man with many ambitions, he was not only a physicist, he was a patriot, pianist, and devout Christian. The next time you hear of quantum physics or the uncertainty principle, know that those theory’s acme from a brilliant man , in difficult times.
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