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German theoretical physicist and one of the founders of quantum mechanics, known for his formulation of the uncertainty principle. He made significant contributions to the field of physics, particularly in quantum mechanics and nuclear physics.

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“Can quantum mechanics represent the fact that an electron finds itself approximately in a given place and that it moves approximately with a given velocity, and can we make these approximations so close that they do not cause experimental difficulties?”

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Book:Gesammelte Werke

Source: Gesammelte Werke

“The basic idea is to shove all fundamental difficulties onto the neutron and to do quantum mechanics in the nucleus.”

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“What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.”

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“[T]he atoms or elementary particles themselves are not real; they form a world of potentialities or possibilities rather than one of things or facts.”

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“Whether we electrons, light quanta, benzol molecules, or stones, we shall always come up against these two characteristics, the corpuscular and the undular.”

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Book:Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations

Source: Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations

“After the conversations about Indian philosophy, some of the ideas of Quantum Physics that had seemed so crazy suddenly made much more sense.”

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Author:Werner Heisenberg

About the Author

Born: December 5, 1901
Died: February 1, 1976
Known for: Physicist
Quotes: 79

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Physics and philosophy: the revolution in modern scienceRelated source material

Physics and Beyond: Encounters and ConversationsRelated source material

Across the frontiersRelated source material

Gesammelte WerkeRelated source material

The Physical Principles of the Quantum TheoryRelated source material

Natural law and the structure of matterRelated source material

Philosophical problems of quantum physicsRelated source material

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