Werner Heisenberg: A Biography

在20世纪的大部分时间里，维尔纳·海森堡都是德国理论物理学的中心人物。他是量子力学的创造者，也是测不准原理的发明者。他是矩阵力学、量子场论和s矩阵形式主义发展的主要贡献者。此外，他的生活和活动影响了近代德国和世界历史上一些最动荡的事件。从魏玛共和国到第三帝国，再到战后的德意志联邦共和国，他在德国的各种政治政权中服役。第二次世界大战期间，他领导了纳粹资助的原子弹项目。在这笔资助下，卡西迪博士将完成他的维尔纳·海森堡传记。本研究将涵盖海森堡生活和工作的各个阶段，将其与历史、科学、哲学、文化和政治等更广泛的问题相结合。他将研究大量档案记录和迄今未被审查的私人文件中的原始资料。本研究有望极大地增进我们对当代物理学的发展、德国精英科学家的培养以及半个世纪以来物理学在德国政府中的作用的理解。

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.