An error by one of the world's greatest scientists derailed Germany's effort to build an atomic bomb during WWII.

Werner Heisenberg's high school years were ... While there he had time to think and work out problems with the atomic model. He realized the limitations of visual models and suggested working ...

Sidney Perkowitz uncovers the pioneering work of the German physicist and philosopher Grete Hermann, who sparred with the ...

In 1925, almost six years to the day since he sat on a rooftop reading Timaeus, Werner Heisenberg found that the model he developed would explain the behaviour of atomic spectra not just for ...

Explore the key moments in the history of quantum theory, from the early ideas of Albert Einstein and Werner Heisenberg to ...

In 1927, Werner Heisenberg was in Denmark working at Niels Bohr's research institute in Copenhagen. The two scientists worked closely on theoretical investigations into quantum theory and the ...

How close were the Nazis to developing an atomic bomb? The truth is that ... By the end of the year the physicist Werner Heisenberg had calculated that nuclear fission chain reactions might ...

A century since Werner Heisenberg changed the course of physics, five of the world's leading physicists examine the greatest ...

Werner Heisenberg's high school years were ... While there he had time to think and work out problems with the atomic model. He realized the limitations of visual models and suggested working ...