Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976) was a German physicist and the creator of the “Heisenberg uncertainty principle.” In 1932, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing quantum mechanics. During WWII, he was commonly believed to have spearheaded Nazi Germany’s effort to build an atomic bomb, a charge...

One of the most influential physicists of the 20th century, Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976) was the founder of the uncertainty principle and one of the founders of quantum mechanics. He also played a controversial role as a leader of Nazi Germany’s nuclear program during World War II.