Werner Heisenberg: A Biography

沃纳·海森堡是1949年理论物理学的中心人物， 在世纪的大部分时间里，德国。 他创造了 量子力学和不确定性原理的发明者。 他是矩阵开发的主要贡献者 力学、量子场论和S-矩阵形式主义。 此外，他的生活和活动触及了一些最 近代德国和世界历史上的动荡事件。 他是 从魏玛到德国的各个政治政权都招募了他们 从共和国到赖希再到战后的联邦 德国共和国 二战期间，他领导纳粹党 原子弹计划的赞助人 在这项资助下，卡西迪博士 将完成他的海森堡传记。 本研究 将涵盖海森堡生活和工作的各个阶段， 他们对历史、科学、哲学、文化等更广泛的问题， 和政治规矩 他将在广泛的研究主要来源 档案记录和迄今未经审查的私人文件。 这 这项研究有望大大提高我们对 发展当代物理学，培养德国精英 科学家，以及物理学在德国政府中的作用 在半个世纪的时间里。

Werner Heisenberg was at the center of theoretical physics in Germany during much of the 20th century. He was the creator of quantum mechanics and the inventor of the uncertainty principle. He was a major contributor to the development of matrix mechanics, quantum field theory, and S-matrix formalism. Further, his life and activities touched some of the most turbulent events of recent German and World history. He was enlisted by various political regimes in Germany, from the Weimar Republic through the Third Reich and into the post-war Federal Republic of Germany. During World War II, he headed the Nazi sponsored atomic bomb project. Under this grant, Dr. Cassidy will complete his biography of Werner Heisenberg. This study will cover all phases of Heisenberg's life and work, integrating them to wider issues in history, science, philosophy, culture, and politics. He will examine primary sources in extensive archival records and hitherto unexamined private papers. This study promises greatly to enhance our understanding of the development of contemporary physics, the training of German elite scientists, and the role of physics in the government of Germany over a half century period.