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In dex
1 . Biography

2 . Important contributions

3. Quantum Physics

4. Atomic Bomb

5. Relationship with the Nazis

6. Bibliography
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Bi ography

Childhood Adulthood Old age

Werner Karl Heisenberg was born in Würzburg, Germany, to Kaspar Ernst August Heisenberg, and his wife, Annie Wecklein. In
his late teenage years, Heisenberg received his scientific training in Munich, Göttingen and Copenhagen.
In his adulthood, he studied physics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and mathematics at the Georg-August
University of Göttingen. He also was a member and Scout leader of the Neupfadfinder, a German Scout association and part of
the German Youth Movement.
In his late sixties, Heisenberg penned his autobiography for the mass market. He died of kidney cancer at his home, on 1
February 1976. Heisenberg is buried in Munich Waldfriedhof.
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I mportant contributions
His leading contribution was the postulate that explains the
movement of electrons inside the atom in fixed orbitals and how
they act randomly due to his Uncertainty principle, that states
the mathematical equations to calculate the behavior of atoms;
which can never be predicted accurately due to their random
movement.

Atomic model

Uncertainty principle
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U ranium project
In 1939 the German Office convened a group of scientists to make
an atomic bomb. Heisenberg was assigned as group leader by the
Nazis. The initial goal was to make a nuclear reactor.
To make the bomb they needed Uranium 235 and a
reaction moderator. Uranium was easy to get, but
fortunately for the moderator they needed deutrian,
something that in Europe was only found in Norway, whose
instalations were bombed by The Allies. This caused Nazi's
military group to lose interest in the project, which gave rise
to its closure.
 He was also presented with different
proposals to continue with the project,
but since he did not share the same
ideology with the Nazis, he rejected
them.
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Re lationship with the Nazis

Heisenberg had a close relationship with the Nazis due to his scientific
excellence, which made him collaborate in a lot of research projects
undertaken by the regime. He did not consider himself ideologically
close to the Nazis as a lot of his jew colleagues were incarcerated, but
he still had a strong patriotic view of the German fatherland and he
prefered to work with them instead of fleeing into exile. He was
appointed director of the Kaiser W. Institute, were he worked on the
German nuclear program.
The lack of enthusiasm of Heisenberg to work with the Nazis showed
up in his work on the German nuclear weapons program where he
barely made any advances, some say he allegedly sabotaged the
construction of a nuclear bomb as he was conciously striven by the
danger if Nazis had had such a weapon in their hands. This can be
backed up by various files and reports that show that he could have
been secretly collaborating with the Allies as he had some anti-nazi
feeling due to simpathy with his jewish colleagues.
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Bi bliography
Werner Heisenberg "German physicist and philosopher" -
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Werner-Heisenberg
Heisenberg's principles kept bomb from Nazis - NewScientist, September 5, 1992
Saboteur Or Savant Of Nazi Drive for A-Bomb? NY Times September 1, 1992, Section C, Page 1
Werner Heisenberg - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Heisenberg

Werner Heisenberg: controversial scientist - https://physicsworld.com/a/werner-heisenberg-

controversial-scientist/
¿Was Heisenberg the saboteur of the Nazi atomic bomb? - https://youtu.be/ccBjfB5UOkw