Philosophy
Werner Karl Heisenberg
One wonders if scientists achieve meteoric posture for a short time and them run out of energy and drop. Consider Werner Karl Heisenberg in the above photograph. That photograph was taken around 1926 [he would have been about 25]...about the same time that he declared his uncertainty principle that "...states that the simultaneous determination of two paired quantities, for example the position and momentum of a particle, has an unavoidable uncertainty." Look at Einstein...not much from him after the 1905 papers [he was about 26] and basically evaporated by the late 30's. He turned into an icon. Heisenberg became more administrative after the war. Maybe this is characteristic of all highly creative people.
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Philosophy
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Werner Karl Heisenberg December 5th, 1901 to February 1st, 1976
- 3. Einstein/ Bohr Debate
In the famous Einstein/Bohr debate over the implications of quantum theory, who do you think won? Explain why and be sure to detail your answer with pertinent information related to quantum entanglement, the double-slit light experiment, and other strange...
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"logbook: nobel meeting" by Andrea Mustain April 2010 Symmetry Toward the end of June 1962, a virtual pantheon of modern physics descended on a tiny island just off the shores of Lake Constance, in Germany’s rolling Bavarian countryside. They’d...
- Deceased--aage Bohr
Aage Bohr June 19th, 1922 to September 8th, 2009 "Denmark's Nobel prize winner Aage Bohr dies at 87" by Jan M. Olsen September 19th, 2009 Associated Press COPENHAGEN — Aage Bohr, a nuclear physics professor and Nobel laureate like his father,...
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