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Birth
Niels Bohr was born in one of the flattest and "happiest" countries in the world, Denmark; specifically Copenhagen. -
Undergraduate
At the age of 18, Bohr enrolled in the University of Copenhagen. Bohr riginally studied mathematics and philosophy but later switched to physics after two years. -
Masters
Bohr received his Master's degree in Science -
Doctorate & Engangement
This was a year to remember for Bohr and his wife. He proposed to the love of his life and also received his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Copenhagen. -
Marriage
One year after being engaged, Bohr and his wife Margrethe got married. -
Philisophical Magazine
As time went by, Bohr was starting to become widely known. He started a series in the philosophical magazine titled On the Constant of Atoms and Molecules. -
Discovery
Bohr's discovery of "a theory for the hydrogen atom, based on quantum theory that some physical quantities only take discrete values."
Niels Bohr – Facts. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2022. Sun. 27 Mar 2022. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1922/bohr/facts/ -
Professor Bohr
Only a few years after receiving his doctorate, Bohr went back to his school not to learn but to teach! He became an assistant professor at the University of Copenhagen.
Mukunda, N. “The Life and Work of Niels Bohr — A Brief Sketch.” Resonance: Journal of Science Education, vol. 18, no. 10, Oct. 2013, pp. 877–84. EBSCOhost, https://doi-org.ezproxy1.apus.edu/10.1007/s12045-013-0114-3. -
Meeting Einstein
After being invited to Berlin, Bohr finally met the one and only Albert Einstein, who he would work with side by side making great achievements.
Mukunda, N. “The Life and Work of Niels Bohr — A Brief Sketch.” Resonance: Journal of Science Education, vol. 18, no. 10, Oct. 2013, pp. 877–84. EBSCOhost, https://doi-org.ezproxy1.apus.edu/10.1007/s12045-013-0114-3. -
Nobel Prize
Bohr received the Nobel Prize in physics "for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them."
Niels Bohr – Facts. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2022. Sun. 27 Mar 2022. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1922/bohr/facts/ -
Passing
Niels Bohr died in his hometown of Copenhagen, Denmark of heart failure after having a stroke.