Werner Heisenberg
1901 to 1976
12 documented presences
11 places
Quo Fuit places 12 dated presences for Werner Heisenberg across 11 places, from 1920 to 1946. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Werner Karl Heisenberg (5 December 1901 – 1 February 1976) was a German theoretical physicist, one of the main pioneers of the theory of quantum mechanics and a principal scientist in the German nuclear program during World War II.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Werner Heisenberg was documented, and when
1920 to 1923period
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Münchenattested
“From 1920 to 1923, he studied physics and mathematics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München under Arnold Sommerfeld and Wilhelm Wien and at the University of Göttingen with Max Born and James Franck and mathematics with David Hil…”
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1920 to 1923period
University of Göttingenattested
“From 1920 to 1923, he studied physics and mathematics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München under Arnold Sommerfeld and Wilhelm Wien and at the University of Göttingen with Max Born and James Franck and mathematics with David Hil…”
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June 1922month
Göttingenattested
“In June 1922, Sommerfeld took Heisenberg to Göttingen to attend the Bohr Festival, because Sommerfeld had a sincere interest in his students and knew of Heisenberg's interest in Niels Bohr's theories on atomic physics.”
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1924 to 1927period
Göttingenattested
“From 1924 to 1927, Heisenberg was a Privatdozent at Göttingen, meaning he was qualified to teach and examine independently, without having a chair.”
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1 February 1928exact date
Leipzig Universityattested
“In 1927, Heisenberg was appointed ordentlicher Professor (professor ordinarius) of theoretical physics and head of the department of physics at the University of Leipzig; he gave his inaugural lecture there on 1 February 1928.”
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28 October 1941exact date
Dahlem (Berlin)attested
“Döpel, and Werner Heisenberg Versuche mit Schichtenanordnungen von D2O und 38 G-75 (28 October 1941) * Werner Heisenberg Über die Möglichkeit der Energieerzeugung mit Hilfe des Isotops 238 G-92 (1941) * Werner Heisenberg Bericht über Ver…”
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28 October 1941exact date
Berlinattested
“Döpel, and Werner Heisenberg Versuche mit Schichtenanordnungen von D2O und 38 G-75 (28 October 1941) * Werner Heisenberg Über die Möglichkeit der Energieerzeugung mit Hilfe des Isotops 238 G-92 (1941) * Werner Heisenberg Bericht über Ver…”
source: Wikipedia: Werner Heisenberg
January 1945month
Black Forestattested
“In January 1945, Heisenberg, with most of the rest of his staff, moved from the Kaiser-Wilhelm Institut für Physik to the facilities in the Black Forest.”
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3 July 1945exact date
Franceattested
“Heisenberg would not see his family again for eight months, as he was moved across France and Belgium and flown to England on 3 July 1945.”
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3 July 1945exact date
Englandattested
“Heisenberg would not see his family again for eight months, as he was moved across France and Belgium and flown to England on 3 July 1945.”
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1946year
Obninskattested
“In 1946, the German scientist Heinz Pose, head of Laboratory V in Obninsk, wrote a letter to Heisenberg inviting him to work in the USSR.”
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1946year
USSRattested
“In 1946, the German scientist Heinz Pose, head of Laboratory V in Obninsk, wrote a letter to Heisenberg inviting him to work in the USSR.”
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Places Werner Heisenberg is documented in
Göttingen2 presences · 1922 to 1924Berlin1 presence · 1941England1 presence · 1945France1 presence · 1945Leipzig University1 presence · 1928Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München1 presence · 1920University of Göttingen1 presence · 1920USSR1 presence · 1946
Black Forest1 presence · 1945
Dahlem (Berlin)1 presence · 1941
Obninsk1 presence · 1946
Other places tied to Werner Heisenberg in the record
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1919year
Munichmentioned
“In 1919, Heisenberg arrived in Munich as a member of the Freikorps to fight the Bavarian Soviet Republic established a year earlier.”
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1923year
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Münchenmentioned
“He received his doctorate in 1923 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München under Sommerfeld.”
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August 1923month
Munichmentioned
“In August 1923, Robert Honsell and Heisenberg organized a trip to Finland with a Scout group of this association from Munich.”
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August 1923month
Finlandmentioned
“In August 1923, Robert Honsell and Heisenberg organized a trip to Finland with a Scout group of this association from Munich.”
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17 September 1924exact date
University of Copenhagenmentioned
“From 17 September 1924 to 1 May 1925, under an International Education Board Rockefeller Foundation fellowship, Heisenberg went to do research with Niels Bohr, director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenha…”
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1 May 1926exact date
Copenhagenmentioned
“On 1 May 1926, Heisenberg began his appointment as a university lecturer and assistant to Bohr in Copenhagen.”
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1927year
Copenhagenmentioned
“It was in Copenhagen, in 1927, that Heisenberg developed his uncertainty principle, while working on the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics.”
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1929year
University of Chicagomentioned
“In the spring of 1929, he was a visiting lecturer at the University of Chicago, where he lectured on quantum mechanics.”
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19 August 1929exact date
Tokyomentioned
“On 19 August 1929 Heisenberg arrived together with Paul Dirac with the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 at its first round-the-world flight at Tokyo.”
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1 April 1935exact date
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Münchenmentioned
“On 1 April 1935, the eminent theoretical physicist Sommerfeld, Heisenberg's doctoral advisor at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, achieved emeritus status.”
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December 1938month
Netherlandsmentioned
“In December 1938, the German chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann sent a manuscript to The Natural Sciences reporting they had detected the element barium after bombarding uranium with neutrons, leading Hahn to conclude that a burstin…”
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December 1938month
Swedenmentioned
“In December 1938, the German chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann sent a manuscript to The Natural Sciences reporting they had detected the element barium after bombarding uranium with neutrons, leading Hahn to conclude that a burstin…”
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1939year
Urfeld am Walchenseementioned
“In 1939 he bought a summer home for his family in Urfeld am Walchensee, in southern Germany.”
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1939year
Heidelbergmentioned
“He was taken to Heidelberg, where, on 5 May, he met Goudsmit for the first time since the Ann Arbor visit in 1939.”
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July 1939month
July 1939month
July 1939month
1943 to 1944period
3 May 1945exact date
6 August 1945exact date
6 August 1945exact date
3 January 1946exact date
3 January 1946exact date
1947year
Documented at the same place, the same year
Francis PoulencUnited Kingdom · 1945Walter HallsteinLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · 1920Herbert BackeUniversity of Göttingen · 1920Patrick BlackettGöttingen · 1924Ivan BuninUSSR · 1946Yakov ZeldovichUSSR · 1946Albert CamusParis · 1945Simone de BeauvoirParis · 1945Ferdinand PorscheParis · 1945Pierre CardinParis · 1945Jean MonnetParis · 1945Princess Clémentine of BelgiumParis · 1945
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