Quick Facts About Werner Heisenberg
- Born
- December 5, 1901
- Died
- February 1, 1976
- Nationality
- West Germany
- Profession
- Theoretical Physicist
- Known for
- uncertainty principle, isospin, Kramers–Heisenberg formula, Heisenberg group
- Spouse
- Elisabeth Heisenberg
About Werner Heisenberg
Werner Karl Heisenberg was a German theoretical physicist, one of the main pioneers of the theory of quantum mechanics and a principal scientist in the German nuclear program during World War II.
Biography source:
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Awards & Honors
Nobel Prize in Physics
Pour le Mérite
Max Planck Medal
Sigmund Freud Prize
Bavarian Order of Merit
Matteucci Medal
honorary golden medal of the state capital Munich
Romano Guardini award
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Niels Bohr International Gold Medal
Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise
Hall of Fame of German Research
Honorary doctor of the University of Zagreb
honorary doctorate of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
