Heisenberg's Accomplishments

It is a key principle of mathematics that position divided by time is equal to velocity, but thanks to German physicist Werner Heisenberg, we know that to be essentially false. This paper will discuss the life and accomplishments of one of the top physicists of the 20th century, the principle with which he is credited and how it can be observed in day to day life and on the subatomic level. An especially noteworthy aspect of the uncertainty principle is how counter intuitive it is, which will be expanded upon. Five days before the first Nobel Peace Prizes were awarded to Jean Henri Dunant and Frederic Passy on December 10th, 1901, a future Nobel Prize winner was born in Würzburg, Germany. The son of August Heisenberg PhD., and Annie Wecklein.

Apologists of the physicist note that he never truly joined the SS and in fact actively opposed the removal of Jewish influence in physics, and reasoning based on evidence such as a secret message carried by a Jew escaping Berlin that noted that Heisenberg “delay[ed] the work as much as possible, fearing the catastrophic results of success”. Critics of Heisenberg argued that he must not have been very good at his role of directing the atomic bomb effort, and cite a supposed verbal correspondence between Heisenberg and a colleague

In a controlled situation such as a lab, in which a team of scientists are trying to discover the relative speed and position of any given particle, HUP is more readily observable, but in a situation such as a speed trap it is barely observable. Seeing as most people can’t get a team of skilled scientists and a particle accelerator on short notice, and the change on a car is nigh unnoticeable, we are left with one really practical experiment to demonstrate HUP’s counter intuitive nature. Taking a laser pointer and a clamp of some kind, capable of being closed completely, HUP can be demonstrated by shining the laser pointer through the slit in the clamp and slowly closing it. At first, it’s just a circle of light, but as it gets closer and closer, the light becomes just a thin line of light. But interestingly enough, as the space between the jaws of the clamp becomes closer to zero, the light will begin to expand again into a vaguely oval shaped spot of light. It actually expands after it has contracted because the protons of the light have to spread out in able to make it though the small hole. (Bijles,