On Nov. 1, Dr. Dorothy Heisenberg, the granddaughter of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Werner Heisenberg, presented a series of letters between her grandfather and grandmother detailing his work for the German government during World War II in the Little Theater.

“We are very privileged to have Dr. Heisenberg present on this topic from the political point of view,” science teacher Heather Mellows said. Werner Heisenberg is famous for his Uncertainty Principle, which is now studied as both a chemistry and physics topic. Werner held to his beliefs about a purer Germany, one that could rise above the radical ideals of the Nazis, and so he stayed in Germany through Hitler’s regime.

Several history and theater classes attended the lecture, in addition to Dr. Mellows’ chemistry class. Students who attended appreciated the fact that Dr. Heisenberg offered a contrasting argument in favor of those who worked in the German government. “I thought it was good to see the point of view of someone who stayed to help versus what we always see,” junior Jenny Hu said.