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Werner Heisenberg

German theoretical physicist and nobel prize winner (1901–1976)

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Werner Karl Heisenberg was a German theoretical physicist, one of the main pioneers of the theory of quantum mechanics and a principal scientist in the German nuclear program during World War II.

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Born
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Place of birth
Würzburg wd
Died
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Place of death
Munich wd
Citizenship
German Empire, Weimar Republic wd
Occupation
theoretical physicist, mountaineer, non-fiction writer, university teacher, mathematician, physicist wd
Education
LMU Munich wd
Spouse
Elisabeth Heisenberg wd

Awards wd

  • Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order (1957)
  • Bavarian Order of Merit
  • Niels Bohr International Gold Medal (1970)
  • Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1964)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1932)
  • Max Planck Medal (1933)
  • Matteucci Medal (1929)
  • Sigmund Freud Prize (1970)
  • Hall of Fame of German Research (2009)
  • Honorary doctor of the University of Zagreb
  • honorary doctorate of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1955)
  • Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise (1960)
  • Pour le Mérite
  • Romano Guardini award (1973)

Questions

When was Werner Heisenberg born?
Werner Heisenberg was born on 5 December 1901 in Würzburg.
Where did Werner Heisenberg study?
Werner Heisenberg was educated at LMU Munich.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Werner Heisenberg · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q40904 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Werner Heisenberg Portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (CC BY-SA 3.0 de)

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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