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Heisenberg, Uncertainty and the Quantum Revolution

At 32, Werner Heisenberg was one of the youngest scientists to receive the Nobel Prize. Ambition and fierce competitiveness inspired him to formulate one of the best-known principles of science

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 266 Issue 5This article was originally published with the title “Heisenberg, Uncertainty and the Quantum Revolution” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 266 No. 5 (), p. 106
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0592-106