Early years
Werner Karl Heisenberg was born in Würzburg, Germany, to Kaspar Ernst August Heisenberg, and his wife, Annie Wecklein. His father … See more

1945: Alsos Mission
The Alsos Mission was an Allied effort to determine if the Germans had an atomic bomb program and to exploit German atomic-related … See more

Heisenberg admired Eastern philosophy and saw parallels between it and quantum mechanics, describing himself as in "complete agreement" with the book The Tao of Physics. … See more

Göttingen, Copenhagen and Leipzig
From 1924 to 1927, Heisenberg was a Privatdozent at Göttingen, meaning he was qualified to teach … See more

Pre-war work on physics
In mid-1936, Heisenberg presented his theory of cosmic-ray showers in two papers. Four more … See more

Executive positions at German research institutions
On 3 January 1946, the ten Operation Epsilon detainees … See more

In his late sixties, Heisenberg penned his autobiography for the mass market. In 1969 the book was published in Germany, in early 1971 it was published in English and in the years … See more