List of things named after Werner Heisenberg
The following is a list of things named after Werner Karl Heisenberg:
- Classical Heisenberg model
- Euler–Heisenberg Lagrangian
- Heisenberg algebra, see Heisenberg group
- Heisenberg commutator
- Heisenberg cut
- Heisenberg effect, see observer effect (physics)
- Heisenberg's equations of motion
- Heisenberg ferromagnet
- Heisenberg group
- Heisenberg Hamiltonian, see Heisenberg model (quantum)
- Heisenberg limit
- Heisenberg's microscope
- Heisenberg model, see Classical Heisenberg model
- Heisenberg picture
- Heisenberg representation, see Heisenberg picture
- Heisenberg spin model, see Heisenberg model
- Heisenberg uncertainty principle
- Kramers–Heisenberg formula
Other
- Heisenberg affair, a political affair in the 1930s involving Heisenberg
- Heisenbug, in computer programming
- Werner Heisenberg Memorial Lecture
- Werner Heisenberg Gymnasium in Leverkusen, Germany
- Werner Heisenberg Gymnasium in Leipzig, Germany
- Heisenberg-Gesellschaft e.V., München, founded 2012
In popular culture
- Heisenberg compensator, in the Star Trek fictional universe.
- The AMC television series Breaking Bad features a chemistry teacher turned drug producer, named Walter White, who uses the name "Heisenberg" as his pseudonym in tribute to the scientist.[1]
- 'Heisenberg' is the name of a range of popular e-liquid used for an electronic cigarette, so named due to the blue colour of the liquid - this is infamously the colour of the methamphetamine made by "Heisenberg" in AMC's Breaking Bad. [2]
- The Eyes of Heisenberg by Frank Herbert
- The Heisenberg Device, a version of the atomic bomb used by Nazi Germany in the alternate history T.V. series The Man in the High Castle.
- In the video game expansion The Sims 3: Into The Future, there is a Nanite (a collectible in-game item) called the Heisenberg Nanite.
- Heisenberg is also a supporting character in the comic spinoff, Assassin's Creed : Conspiracies.
- Heisenberg is also one of the recurring characters of the comic, Quantonium, codenamed Wielder.
Notes
- ^ Bergman, Gregory; Lambert, Josh (2010). Geektionary: From Anime to Zettabyte, An A to Z Guide to All Things Geek. Adams Media. p. 214. ISBN 9781440511899.
- ^ https://www.vampirevape.co.uk/heisenberg-10ml-vampire-vape-e-liquid.html