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Birth and Early Life
Niels Henrik David Bohr was born in Copenhagen, Denmark (Mukunda 877). He had one older sister named Jenny and one younger brother named Herald. Niels and Harald being exposed to scientific, literary and philosophical discussions from a very young age (Mukunda 888). Mukunda, N. “The Life and Work of Niels Bohr — A Brief Sketch.” Resonance, vol. 18, no. 10, Springer, 2013, pp. 877–84, doi:10.1007/s12045-013-0114-3. -
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Education
Bohr completed his undergraduate and master’s degrees in 1907 and 1909, and his PhD in 1911 for a thesis based on a profound study of the Lorentz–Drude electron theory of metals (Mukunda 878). Mukunda, N. “The Life and Work of Niels Bohr — A Brief Sketch.” Resonance, vol. 18, no. 10, Springer, 2013, pp. 877–84, doi:10.1007/s12045-013-0114-3. -
Bohr and Rutherford
Bohr saw that Rutherford's atom model "would lead to the explanation of the properties of chemical elements, the structure of the Periodic Table, with the behavior of electrons determining all of chemistry" (Mukunda 879).
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Atoms and Molecules
Bohr published three papers, in Philosophical Magazine, titled "On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules parts: I, II, III" (Mukunda 880). Mukunda, N. “The Life and Work of Niels Bohr — A Brief Sketch.” Resonance, vol. 18, no. 10, Springer, 2013, pp. 877–84, doi:10.1007/s12045-013-0114-3. -
Quantum Theory
Bohr stated that electrons move in restricted orbits around the nucleus. He stated that "atomic processes cannot be explained by classical laws alone" (Bohr, Niels Henrik David). “Bohr, Niels Henrik David.” The Columbia Encyclopedia, 2018. -
Institute of Theoretical Physics
Bohr became director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics, which became a meeting place for multiple physicists to work and visit (Mukunda 881). Mukunda, N. “The Life and Work of Niels Bohr — A Brief Sketch.” Resonance, vol. 18, no. 10, Springer, 2013, pp. 877–84, doi:10.1007/s12045-013-0114-3. -
Nobel Prize
Bohr received a Nobel Prize in Physics Mukunda, N. “The Life and Work of Niels Bohr — A Brief Sketch.” Resonance, vol. 18, no. 10, Springer, 2013, pp. 877–84, doi:10.1007/s12045-013-0114-3. -
Death
Niels Bohr's passes away Mukunda, N. “The Life and Work of Niels Bohr — A Brief Sketch.” Resonance, vol. 18, no. 10, Springer, 2013, pp. 877–84, doi:10.1007/s12045-013-0114-3. -
Niels Bohr Institute
Institute of Theoretical Physics renamed after Niels Bohr Mukunda, N. “The Life and Work of Niels Bohr — A Brief Sketch.” Resonance, vol. 18, no. 10, Springer, 2013, pp. 877–84, doi:10.1007/s12045-013-0114-3.