Physics´ Finest Hour

The pioneers of the physics revolution included the friends Max Planck and Albert Einstein, who lived in Berlin in the 1920s. They were joined by other exceptional physicists like Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Wolfgang Pauli, and Paul Dirac. Heisenberg a particularly creative mind was constantly coming up with mad new ideas about the physical world, many of which Pauli mercilessly tore to pieces. The form of science that ultimately developed has since celebrated its triumphs under the name of "quantum mechanics." Its highlights do not just include the electronic devices we now use and their superb communicative capabilities. It also has changed the idea of the world behind objects: the only thing that exists is movement, in reality as well as in knowledge and thought. And energy is what keeps everything going with its transformative capabilities.