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Heisenberg [ˈhaɪzənˌbɜːg (German) ˈhaizənbɛrk] n
(Biographies / Heisenberg, Werner Karl (1901-1976) M, German, SCIENCE: physicist) Werner Karl (ˈvɛrnər karl). 1901-76, German physicist. He contributed to quantum mechanics and formulated the uncertainty principle (1927): Nobel prize for physics 1932 ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| Werner Heisenberg, the father of quantum mechanics, profoundly said, "What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Max Born collaborated with his student Werner Heisenberg to develop the mathematical formulation describing Heisenberg's first laws of a new quantum theory and showed that the solution of the Schrodinger equation has a statistical meaning of physical significance. It's the curse of Heisenberg that seems to annoy him. |
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