Werner Heisenberg

Nuclear power (peaceful and military) is based on atomic fission, unleashing titanic amounts of energy via splitting the nucleus of certain atoms - mainly enriched Uranium U235. In 1944, Otto Hahn received the Nobel Prize for its discovery.  Omitted from recognition was his co-discoverer, the first female physics professor in Germany, Dr. Lisë Meitner.

While J. Robert Oppenheimer will always be recognized as the father of the atomic bomb, his early contributions to quantum mechanics form the bedrock of modern quantum chemistry.

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In science, the explanation with the fewest assumptions is most likely to be true. Called "Occam's Razor," this principle has guided theory and experiment for centuries. But how do you compare between abstract concepts?

"The ego must be given up."

"I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness."

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I now realize Heisenberg and Schrödinger are less like physicists and more like therapists.

There's no denying that Werner Heisenberg was one of the quintessential figures in the field of Quantum Mechanics. It would not be wrong to say that he was one of the main pioneers of the theory of…

Quantum field theory may be the most successful scientific theory of all time, but there's reason to think it's missing something. Steven Strogatz speaks with theoretical physicist David Tong about this enigmatic theory.

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