That might explain why Einstein wasn’t very productive in his last decades, but his opposition to the uncertainty principle etc. predates his tenure at the IAS. Maybe he would’ve come around had he been in a more productive setting? I kind of doubt it—it seems to have been a pretty deep-seated, philosophical disagreement—but who knows.
Heisenberg spent his later career as head of the Max Planck Institute. I can’t imagine many scientists enjoy administrative duties, but he does seem to have had more contact with the rest of the scientific world than Einstein did.
That might explain why Einstein wasn’t very productive in his last decades, but his opposition to the uncertainty principle etc. predates his tenure at the IAS. Maybe he would’ve come around had he been in a more productive setting? I kind of doubt it—it seems to have been a pretty deep-seated, philosophical disagreement—but who knows.
Heisenberg spent his later career as head of the Max Planck Institute. I can’t imagine many scientists enjoy administrative duties, but he does seem to have had more contact with the rest of the scientific world than Einstein did.