Werner Heisenberg died on 1 February 1976 in Munich, aged 74. A German theoretical physicist, Heisenberg was one of the founders of quantum mechanics. In 1925 he developed matrix mechanics, and in 1927 he formulated the uncertainty principle, which states that certain pairs of properties, such as position and momentum, cannot both be known precisely at the same time. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1932. During the Second World War he led the German nuclear energy project, and historians still debate his role and whether he tried to build an atomic weapon. His 1941 visit to Niels Bohr in occupied Copenhagen remains controversial. After the war he directed the Max Planck Institute for Physics.
Before and after
- 1976Miguel de Cervantes Prize
- 5 January 1976Kingsmill massacre
- 12 January 1976Death of Agatha Christie
- 21 January 1976Concorde begins supersonic passenger service
- 1 February 1976Death of Werner Heisenberg
- 3 March 1976Construction of Khalifa International Stadium
- 22 March 1976Birth of Reese Witherspoon
- from 24 March 1976 to 10 December 1983National Reorganization Process
- April 1976Invention of make
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