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Werner Heisenberg

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Name Heisenberg, Werner Gender: M
Birthname Werner Karl Heisenberg
born on 5 December 1901 at 16:45 (= 4:45
PM )
Place Würzburg, Germany, 49n48, 9e56
Timezone MET h1e (is standard time)
Data source BC/BR in hand Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Rodden
Astrology 12°50' 13°45 Asc. 21°07'
data

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Werner Heisenberg (1933)

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Biography
German scientist who, as an atomic
physicist, won the Nobel Prize in physics
in 1932 for his creation of quantum
mechanics and was acknowledged as
"the greatest German theoretical
physicist." He was known for developing
matrix mechanics which was the
mathematical formulation of his theory
of quantum mechanics. He was also
known for the Heisenberg Uncertainty
Principle, which contributed heavily to
the development of quantum mechanics
and influenced modern philosophical
thought as well. (Einstein took issue with
the basis of the uncertainty principle, and
it was over this and related theories that
he issued one of his most famous
quotes, "God does not play dice with the
universe," though this may have been
directed more at a group of physicists
than to Heisenberg in particular.)
Heisenberg taught physics at
Copenhagen in 1926, Leipzig from 1927-
1941, and the University of Berlin in 1942.
He was associated early in his career
with Nobel prize winners Niels Bohr and
Max Born.

Werner Karl Heisenberg was the son of

Dr. August Heisenberg, a professor of
Greek philology. Raised and educated in
Munich, he studied theoretical physics at
the University of Munich where he
distinguished himself introducing and
defending new concepts. He earned a
Ph.D. degree at Munich in 1923 and was
invited to the University of Gottingen to
assist Professor Max Born, co-winner of
the 1954 Nobel Prize in physics. In 1924,
Heisenberg received a Rockefeller
Foundation grant to study at Copenhagen
University in Denmark with 1922 Nobel
laureate Niels Bohr. He returned to
Germany to accept a professorship at the
University of Leipzig in 1927.

It was in 1927 that he formulated his

Uncertainty Principle, which basically
says that it isn’t possible to determine
the position and the velocity of
subatomic particles at the same time. In
1932, he received the Nobel Prize in
Physics for the creation of quantum
mechanics.

Heisenberg remained at the University of

Leipzig until 1941 when he was named
professor at the University of Berlin and
director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
for Physics. In this role, he led Germany’s
atomic research program and was the
man who caused the most concern
among United States atomic bomb
specialists in their race against Hitler’s
scientists. (In 1947, Heisenberg wrote
that Germany’s policy directed physicists
toward splitting the atom for industrial
energy only.)

In 1946, he became professor of physics

at the University of Gottingen and
director of the Max-Planck Institute for
Physics. In 1949, Heisenberg and other
German scientists asked the Allied
command for permission to do atomic
research. Permission to work in the
nonmilitary aspects of atomic research
was granted.

Heisenberg’s works include "The Physical

Principles of the Quantum Theory," 1930,
"Cosmic Radiation," 1946, "Philosophic
Problems of Nuclear Science," 1952 and
"Nuclear Physics," 1953. He received the
Barnard Medal of Columbia University;
the Mateucci Medal of Rome; and the
Planck Medal.

In 1937, Heisenberg married Elizabeth

Schumacher.

He died 2/01/1976 in Munich, Germany.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships
associate relationship with Bohr, Niels
(born 7 October 1885)
business associate/partner
relationship with Born, Max (born 11
December 1882)
business associate/partner
relationship with Kramers, Hans (born
17 December 1894)
business associate/partner
relationship with Van der Waerden, B.L.
(born 2 February 1903). Notes: in
Leipzig
 friend relationship with Pauli, Wolfgang
(born 25 April 1900)
(has as) student relationship with
Sandoval Vallarta, Manuel (born 11
February 1898)
(has as) protégé relationship with
Majorana, Ettore (born 5 August 1906)
role played of/by Cumberbatch,
Benedict (born 19 July 1976). Notes:
2013 radio play, "Copenhagen"

Events
Work : Prize 1932 (Nobel Prize in
physics)
Death by Disease 1 February 1976 in
Munich (Cancer of the kidneys and gall
 bladder, age 74)
chart Placidus Equal_H.

Source Notes
Ebertin in "Pluto." (Same on B.C. in hand,
Steinbrecher).

Sy Scholfield quotes same data in David

C. Cassidy's book, "Beyond Uncertainty:
Heisenberg, Quantum Physics, and the
Bomb" (Bellevue Literary Press, 2009), p.
11: "His birth certificate lists not only his
name and date of birth but also the exact
time: Werner Karl Heisenberg, born on
Thursday, December 5, 1901, at 4:45 PM."
Categories
Traits : Mind : Exceptional mind
Traits : Personality : Eccentric (Original
thinker)
Vocation : Education : Teacher
(Psychics prof)
Vocation : Science : Physics
Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-
fiction
Notable : Awards : Nobel prize
(Physics)
Notable : Famous : Historic figure
(Intellectual giant)
Notable : Famous : Top 5% of
Profession
 Notable : Book Collection : American
Book

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