The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory

Werner Heisenberg

1901–1976 · German theoretical physicist and nobel prize winner

• Nobel laureate
• Max Planck Medal
• Worked at Humboldt University of Berlin
• Worked at Max Planck Society

Profession

Physicist

Worked at

Max Planck Society, Humboldt University of Berlin, Göttingen, Leipzig

Studied at

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Studied under

Arnold Sommerfeld

Prizes

Nobel Prize in Physics (1932), Max Planck Medal (1933), Matteucci Medal (1929), Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order (1957), Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1955), Niels Bohr International Gold Medal (1970), Sigmund Freud Prize (1970), Romano Guardini award (1973), Pour le Mérite

Worked out matrix mechanics at 23 on the island of Heligoland.

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