HWM Singapore – August 2019

ByWongChungWee

WERNER

HEISENBERG

XWernerKarlHeisenbergwas a German

theoreticalphysicist.In 1932,at age 31, he

was awardedthe NobelPrizein Physicsfor his

pioneeringworkin quantummechanics.He

was a principlescientistin NaziGermany’s

nuclearweaponsprojectduringWorldWar II,

and has heldmanyexecutivepositionsafterthe

war in physicsresearchinstitutions.He diedat

age 74 in 1976.His namewas unceremoniously

misappropriatedby popularculturewhenthe

mainprotagonistin TV seriesBreakingBad

adoptedthe aliasHeisenberg.

Bestknownfor:

The uncertainty

principle

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