Essay Archive - Werner Heisenberg
Werner Heisenberg
One cannot fully appreciate the work of Werner Heisenberg unless one
examines his contributions in the context of the time in which he lived. Werner
Karl Heisenberg was born in Wuerzburg, Germany, on December 5, 1901, and grew up
in academic surroundings, in a household devoted to the humanities. His father
was a professor at the University of Munich and undoubtedly greatly influenced
young Werner, who was a student at the Maximilian Gymnasium.
Heisenberg had the opportunity to work with many of the top physicists
in the world including Niels Bohr and Max Born. Lik....
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