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uncertainty principle comparison table

Subject	has discoverer	has corollary	has definition	has equation	has implication	has example	has synonym	is a kind of	is an instance of
quantum law								law
uncertainty principle	Werner Heisenberg	it is impossible to measure an atomic or nuclear process without at the same time disturbing or altering the process.	The principle that the fundamental uncertainty in a variable times that in its canonical conjugate is of the order of Planck's constant.	Relation Conjugates ΔxΔp ≥ h position, momentum ΔEΔt ≥ h energy, time	the microscopic realm is a roiling frenzy, awash in a violent sea of quantum fluctuations.	the uncertainty in the measurement of the position of an electron varies inversely as the uncertainty in the measurement of its momentum.	Heisenberg uncertainty principle		quantum law

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