Werner Heisenberg Facts
Werner Heisenberg Facts
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| Werner Heisenberg was born in Wurzburg, Germany. |
| His father, Dr. August Heisenberg, became a Professor of Middle and Modern Greek languages at the University of Munich. |
| In 1920 Werner Heisenberg entered the University of Munich to study physics. |
| In 1923 he earned his PhD in physics from the University of Munich. |
| After graduation he became an Assistant to Max Born at the University of Gottingen. |
| He earned a Rockefeller grant and spent 1924 and 1925 at the University of Copenhagen where he studied with Niels Bohr. |
| In 1926 he became a Lecturer in Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen. |
| In 1927 he moved to Leipzig where he accepted the appointment of Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Leipzig. |
| In 1941 he became Professor of Physics at the University of Berlin and Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics. |
| He was captured by American troops during World War II and sent to England. |
| In 1946 he returned to Gottingen and organized the Institute for Physics. |
| In 1948 the Institute for Physics became known as the Max Planck Institute for Physics. |
| In 1948 he lectured at Cambridge. |
| In 1950 and again in 1954 he lectured at various universities in the United States. |
| He was the Director of the Max Planck Institute when it was moved to Munich. |
| He was still the Director when he accepted the post of Professor of Physics at the University of Munich. |
| By 1957 Heisenberg was interested in plasma physics and thermonuclear processes. |
| He served as Chairman of the Scientific Policy Committee of the International Institute of Atomic Physics in Geneva. |
| He received many awards for his work in addition to the Nobel Prize. |
| He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and a member of the American Academy of Sciences. |
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