WERNER HEISENBERG

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

• Born: December 5th,1901
• Place of birth: würzburg
• Death February 1st, 1976
• Field of science: Quantum mechanics
• Other: Nobel lecture December 11th 1933

CHILDHOOD

• At five he was shy and sensitive, then as he aged he became confident
• Growing up his brother and him had a continuous competition.
• His father was a professor of medieval and modern Greek study's
• He entered a nine year school at a young age

EDUCATION

• 1911 he entered the Maximilian's gymnasium-a nine year school to prepare someone for the future.
• Heisenberg went to the Maximilian school at Munich until 1920, when he went to the University of Munich to study physics under Sommerfeld, Wien, Pringsheim, and Rosenthal

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• He found a way to formulate quantum mechanics in terms of matrices
• He helped create the hydrodynamics of turbulent flows
• Atomic nucleus
• Cosmic rays
• Subatomic particles

DIFFICULTIES

• The hardest part was when he had to set up and prove his formula for quantum mechanics in terms of matrices because it was a observation based formula

BENEFIT

• The world today benefited from Heisenberg by creating jobs and by furthering the understanding of quantum mechanics
• He helped further the motives of German scientist

WAS HE RECOGNIZED FOR HIS WORK

• Yes in 1933 he was able to give a speech on quantum mechanics and won a Nobel prize

WORK SITED

• Quantum mechanics, air.org 1998-2015
• Nobel lecture, Nobel prize.org 2015
• Werner Heisenberg, informationphilosopher.com 2014