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Heisenberg

American

[hahy-zuhn-burg, hahy-zuhn-berk] / ˈhaɪ zənˌbɜrg, ˈhaɪ zənˌbɛrk /

noun

Werner Karl 1901–76, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1932.

Heisenberg British

/ ˈhaizənbɛrk, ˈhaɪzənˌbɜːɡ /

noun

Werner Karl (ˈvɛrnər karl). 1901–76, German physicist. He contributed to quantum mechanics and formulated the uncertainty principle (1927): Nobel prize for physics 1932

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Heisenberg Scientific

/ hī′zən-bûrg′ /

German physicist who founded the field of quantum mechanics in 1925 and elaborated the uncertainty principle in 1927. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1932.

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Because of the Heisenberg uncertainty principal, the vacuum cannot be completely devoid of energy.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Don't miss our FPL special week three Q&A with expert FPL Heisenberg live on the BBC Sport website at 15:30 BST on Friday, 29 August.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025

For this endeavor, the Heisenberg group imported adult ascidians from the Roscoff Marine Station in France.

From Science Daily • Jan. 9, 2024

In 1927 physicist Werner Heisenberg called this problem the “uncertainty principle.”

From Scientific American • Mar. 16, 2023

If the Germans were about to finish an atomic bomb, would Heisenberg really believe the war was lost?

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

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