Heisenberg, Werner (1901-1976) -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography

Branch of Science

Physicists

Nationality

German

Heisenberg, Werner (1901-1976)

German physicist who in 1927 derived the uncertainty principle which states that

He also developed operator $Eric Weisstein's World of Math$ methods for the solution of quantum mechanical problems. On his death bed, Heisenberg is reported to have said, "When I meet God, I am going to ask him two questions: Why relativity? And why turbulence? I really believe he will have an answer for the first." However, this quote is also attributed to Horace Lamb.

Additional biographies: MacTutor (St. Andrews)

Cassidy, D. Uncertainty: The Life and Science of Werner Heisenberg. New York: W. H. Freeman, 1991.

Heisenberg, W. Der Teil und das Ganze: Gesprache im Umkreis der Atomphysik. Munich, Germany: R. Piper, 1969.

Heisenberg, W. The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory. New York: Dover, 1930.

Powers, T. Heisenberg's War: The Secret History of the German Bomb. New York: Knopf, 1993.