Werner Karl Heisenberg

Nobel Prize in Physics 1932

“for the creation of quantum mechanics, the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery of the allotropic forms of hydrogen”

Werner Karl Heisenberg was a German physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1932 for the creation of quantum mechanics. The application of quantum mechanics led to the discovery of the allotropic forms of hydrogen. He is also known for formulating the uncertainty principle.