num_pages: 669
description: Discusses Heisenberg's personal life, examines his work in such areas as quantum physics, elementary particles, nuclear physics, and the Uncertainty principle, and explores his political life under the Nazi regime during World War II
language: English
title: Uncertainty: The Life and Science of Werner Heisenberg
titlecomplete: Uncertainty: The Life and Science of Werner Heisenberg
characters: Werner Heisenberg
genres: Physics, Nonfiction, Quantum Mechanics, History, History Of Science, Science, Biography
ratings_count: 84
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Pfizer Award
publisher: W H Freeman & Co