The name of Walt's alter ego came from Werner Heisenberg, a German physicist known as a pioneer of quantum mechanics. As a chemist, Walt would be familiar with famous scientists; likely, he took Heisenberg as an inspiration.
Walt is a high school chemistry teacher, to him Heisenberg would be best known for the uncertainty principle, which states that it isn't possible to know both the speed and location of an electron. When he gives this as his alias i s01e06 he is basically saying "you will never know who I am or where I am from".
When He Blew Up Tuco's Headquarters With Fulminated Mercury. After Tuco's goons beat Jesse and rob his meth supply, Walt confronts Tuco at the headquarters of his operation – identifying himself as “Heisenberg” – and demands reimbursement for the stolen meth and compensation for Jesse's pain and suffering.
Walt adopted the clandestine pseudonym and business moniker "Heisenberg" (referencing the theoretical physicist Werner Karl Heisenberg) as an alias as he immersed himself in the drug trade.
Season 5, Episode 16: “Felina”
Knowing he's close to death one way or the other, he is at last able to admit that Heisenberg — rather than Walter White — is his true persona. “I did it for me,” he tells Skyler.
At dinner at the Whites, Hank goes to the bathroom and while there, pages through a copy of Leaves of Grass that Gale had given Walter. He recognizes the writing from Gale's notebook, and from Gale's dedication to Walt, is shocked to conclude that Walt is Heisenberg.
Named for Werner Heisenberg, its discoverer, translated into English from a variety of original German terms. Heisenberg originally called the concept Ungenauigkeit (inexactness) or Unbestimmtheit (undeterminedness), whereas his mentor and collaborator Niels Bohr often used Unsicherheit (unsureness).
Walter is far more intelligent, although Saul is a genius in his own right. He is not only an incredible lawyer but he probably has the largest lexicon of obscure film references for any situation of any character or human in existence. Was this worth your time?
145 is a good estimate of Walter White's IQ. That's just above genius level, which is 140. Somebody with an IQ of 145 is very capable of being a college professor or a chemist.
After Walt tries one last time to intimidate Saul into doing his bidding, his cancer rears its ugly head in a series of coughs that bring him to his knees and let Saul know big bad Heisenberg is no more before he leaves for his new life in Omaha.
Agreeing to let Todd cook meth on his own, Jack and Kenny drive back into New Mexico. Meanwhile, Hank Schrader tells Jesse Pinkman that he knows Walter White is Heisenberg. Jesse refuses to cooperate, and is released after Saul Goodman shows up.
As much as Breaking Bad tried to say Walter White took a sinister turn due to cancer, his dark journey actually began after an act of kindness. In Breaking Bad, it's explained that Walter White (Bryan Cranston) began cooking and selling meth and became Heisenberg because of his cancer diagnosis.
Now starting to lose his hair from the chemo, Walt decides to shave his head. Afterward, he arranges for a meeting with Tuco. He introduces himself under the alias Heisenberg, and demands $50,000 from Tuco—$35,000 for the meth he took from Jesse, and $15,000 for beating Jesse.
Because he was competing for Jesse with that upstart, Gus. Walt knew that if he didn't lock Jesse down as his, that he would lose him. Walt realized two things about his relationship with Gus. That Gus didn't like him, and that two people could possibly replace him.
Fulminate of mercury
Tuco starts to get nasty but Walt has a plan. The bag of meth crystals he has just given Tuco were in fact "fulminate of mercury". He throws a crystal on the ground which detonates, creating an almighty explosion.
It is shown in the show directly that Walter White outsmarts Gus Fring. Not just Gus Fring , Walt outsmarts everyone. In the end, Gus Fring is killed by Walt White which is a clear indication Walter is smarter than Gus.
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It's the result of years of working as a police officer and even though he was corrupt, it took a lot of skill and smarts to pull off the things he did.
Intelligence wise, Walter is smarter than Hank. For almost two years, Hank never suspected Walt even if there were clues that could have lead him to realize that Walt was Heisenburg. The stolen lab equipment in the high school. Walt was one of the few people to have a key into said high school lab.
As Walt either wouldn't or couldn't do anything to save Jane, he decided not to wake Jesse up, knowing that her death would help him gain control over Jesse as a result, and possibly saving Jesse from the same fate and to protect his own criminal secrets. Walt watching Jane die.
Many thoughts of grief may have flooded Walt's mind after Hank was killed in Breaking Bad, but the reason why Walt tells Jesse the truth about Jane's death is indicative of his true nature. Walt's evolution to becoming Heisenberg was created out of a series of events of desperation and tragedy.
No. From the moment Walt had him dragged out from under that car in the desert, Jesse never forgave his former partner. From that moment on, Jesse felt nothing but hatred and resentment towards him.
Walter White, the fictional chemistry teacher turned drug dealer on Breaking Bad, was infamous for utilizing his chemistry skills to create a 99.1% pure methamphetamine aptly named "Blue Sky."
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To Gilligan, the term "breaking bad" was a saying that is native to his home state of Virginia, and it basically means raising hell. A broader definition suggests that the phrase "break bad" is a colloquialism that means turning to a life of crime.