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Werner Karl Heisenberg was one of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century. He is best known as a founder of quantum mechanics, the new physics of the atomic world, and especially for the uncertainty principle in quantum theory. He is also known for his controversial role as a leader of Germany's nuclear fusion research during World War II. After the war he was active in elementary particle physics and West German science policy.

Werner Karl Heisenberg was born on December 5, 1901 in Wurzburg, Germany.

He is the son of August and Annie Wecklein Heisenberg. Werner was a very competitive young child and was also ahead of his classmates. His family was an academic family and considered well off. In 1911 Warner enrolled in Maximilian Gymnasium a middle school. A Gymnasium is a nine year school that prepares a person for professional careers like medicine, law and academics.

Werner was a gifted student. He graduated from Maximilian Gymnasium and knew that he wanted to study Pure Mathematics. After a disturbing interview with one of the math professors, Werner turned to theoretical physics. The professor of that subject recognized his talents and admitted him to his advanced seminar. Werner received his doctorate from the University of Munich in1923. He earned a Rockefeller grant to Niels Bohr's institute in Copenhagen. He studied the most creative and up to date speculations on atomic theory. Werner's landmark papers earned him immediate fame and recognition. At Bohr's recommendation in 1926 he was appointed lecturer in theoretical physics at the University of Copenhagen. Werner Heisenberg is known for his work on several theories, which are: Quantum mechanics, the uncertainty principle, and nuclear fusion. Of all the theories Werner Heisenberg worked with, nuclear fusion was the most controversial.

Nuclear fission involved the splitting of nuclei with the release of enormous amounts of energy. Under the right circumstances, the fission process in uranium can be controlled, leading to a heat-producing reactor that can be harnessed to the production of electricity. In other circumstances, if the reaction is uncontrolled, the energy is released extremely rapidly, producing an enormous explosion--an atomic bomb. Werner Heisenberg with seven other Germany scientists was held at Hall Farm in England because of their work with nuclear fusion. Heisenberg died from