Louis de Broglie vs Werner Heisenberg
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Compare the life timelines of Louis de Broglie (1892–1987) and Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 75 years, from 1901 to 1976.
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Louis de Broglie (1892–1987)
- — Born in Dieppe, France Verified
- — Earned degree in history at the Sorbonne Verified
- — Earned degree in science Verified
- — Served in French army radio section during World War I Verified
- — Doctoral thesis proposing wave nature of matter Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Appointed professor at the Henri Poincare Institute Verified
- — Became permanent secretary of the French Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Elected to the Academie francaise Verified
- — Died in Louveciennes, France Verified
Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976)
- — Born in Würzburg, Germany Verified
- — Received doctorate in physics from the University of Munich Verified
- — Published the breakthrough paper founding matrix mechanics Verified
- — Formulated the uncertainty principle Verified
- — Appointed professor of theoretical physics at the University of Leipzig Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for 1932 Verified
- — Married Elisabeth Schumacher Verified
- — Led theoretical work in Germany's wartime nuclear program Verified
- — Became director of the Max Planck Institute for Physics Verified
- — Died in Munich, Germany Verified