Werner Karl Heisenberg 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.
- Occupation
- theoretical physicist, mountaineer, non-fiction writer, university teacher
- Citizenship
- German Empire, Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, West Germany
- Born
- December 5, 1901
- Died
- February 1, 1976