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HEISENBERG, WERNER
HEISENBERG, WERNER
ScnMaster
(1901 - 1976)
German
atomic physicist
who won the
Nobel
prize in 1932 for his
work
in
quantum mechanics
(the
mechanics
of
atoms
,
molecules
and other physical systems that are
subject
to the principle of
uncertainty
). The principle of
uncertainty
was
formulated
by Heisenberg in 1927. According to this principle, accurate measurement of one of two related, observable quantities, as
position
and momentum or
energy
and
time
, produces uncertainties in the measurement of the other.
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HEISENBERG, WERNER
ScnTUEU
(1901 - 1976)
German
atomic physicist
who won the
Nobel
prize in 1932 for his
work
in
quantum mechanics
(the
mechanics
of
atoms
,
molecules
and other physical systems that are
subject
to the principle of
uncertainty
). The principle of
uncertainty
was
formulated
by Heisenberg in 1927. According to this principle, accurate measurement of one of two related, observable quantities, as
position
and momentum or
energy
and
time
, produces uncertainties in the measurement of the other.