Mathematician:Werner Karl Heisenberg
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Mathematician
German theoretical physicist who was one of the key pioneers of quantum mechanics.
Nationality
German
History
- Born: 5 December 1901 in Würzburg, Germany
- Died: 1 February 1976 in Munich, Germany
Theorems and Definitions
- Kramers-Heisenberg Dispersion Formula (with Hendrik Anthony Kramers)
- Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
Publications
- 1930: The physical principles of the quantum theory
- 1955: Das Naturbild der heutigen Physik
- 1966: Philosophic Problems of Nuclear Science
Sources
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Werner Karl Heisenberg": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Heisenberg, Werner Karl FRS (1901-76)