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Recent Examples on the Web Observation, in this case, is a quantum mechanics phenomenon embodied by Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2022 Its title was inspired by German physicist Werner Heisenberg’s 1927 uncertainty principle, which says it’s impossible to precisely measure the velocity of a particle in motion. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2022 But the uncertainty principle, formulated by German physicist Werner Heisenberg in the 1920s, states that there is a fundamental limit to how well the position and momentum of an object such as a drum can be known. — Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 6 May 2021 The uncertainty principle, formulated by Werner Heisenberg in 1927, is a consequence of the fuzziness of the universe at microscopic scales. — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2014 This same technique of acquiring the minimum amount of information needed for a measurement seemed to offer a way around the uncertainty principle. — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2014 In a sense, merely looking at a quantum system unavoidably disturbs it, a manifestation of Heisenberg’s famous uncertainty principle. — Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2019 In a sense, merely looking at a quantum system unavoidably disturbs it, a manifestation of Heisenberg’s famous uncertainty principle. — Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2019 In a sense, merely looking at a quantum system unavoidably disturbs it, a manifestation of Heisenberg’s famous uncertainty principle. — Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2019 See More

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