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Also Known As Werner Karl Heisenberg
Born December 5, 1901 • Würzburg • Germany
Died February 1, 1976 (aged 74) • Munich • Germany
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1932)
Subjects Of Study complementarity principle • matrix mechanics • uncertainty principle

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