Heisenberg_Werner1

=__ Heisenberg's early years __=

Werner Heisenberg was born on December 5th, 1901, at Würzburg, Germay. He is the son of August Heisenberg, Professor of Greek language and Literature at the University of Munich, and Annie Wecklein. Heisenberg was a talented pianist, an skilled hiker, and an eager student of classical literature and philosophy. Before he enrolled at the University of Munich, he worked on a farm and participated in youth movements for several months to find a way out of the social collapse that hit Germany at the end of World War 1.

=__Heisenberg's College Years__=

Heisenberg enrolled at the University of Munich in 1920, where he would undergo his studies in physics and soon established close contact with Arthur Sommerfeld. He studied at Munich from 1920 - 1923. He left Munich to continue his studies in physics with Max Born and James Frank and mathematics wtih David Hilbert at Göttingen. He received his doctorate under Sommerfeld at Munich in 1923 and completed his Habilitation in 1924, at Göttingen under Born.

=__World War II__=

In 1939 after the discovery of nuclear fission, //Uranverein// (Uranium Club), Germany's nuclear energy project had begun. Heseinberg was one of the head scientists leading the research and development in the project.

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