Werner Heisenberg contributed to atomic theory through formulating quantum mechanics in terms of matrices and in discovering the uncertainty principle, which states that a particle’s position and momentum cannot both be known exactly. The combined uncertainty in both measurements must be equal to or greater than h/(4π), where h is Planck’s constant.
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How did Werner Heisenberg contribute to atomic theory?
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