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Born into an upper middle-class family
He was bored in Copenhagen, Denmark. His full name is Niels Henrik David Bohr. Mother, Ellen was the daughter of a prominent Jewish banker. Christian, his father became a professor of physiology at the University of Copenhagen. Information from: Niels Bohr; Biography, Education, Accomplishments, & Facts; Britannica.com
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Bohr early contributions to quantum physics
Bohr published a trilogy of articles in "The Philosophical Magazine" presenting "that electrons could only occupy particular orbits determined by the quantum of action and that electromagnetic radiation from an atom occurred only when an electron jumped to a lower-energy orbit." He developed an atomic model, increasing experimental data. Information from: Niels Bohr; Biography, Education, Accomplishments, & Facts; Britannica.comImage from: chem.libretexts.org -
Noble Price
He achieves a Noble Prize in Physics thanks to his research on atomic structure and radiation. Based upon Planck's quantum theory, Bohr proposes his own theory as "an anatomic structure in which the hydrogen atom is assumed to consist of a proton as nucleus, with a single electron moving in distinct circular or bits around it". Information from: Neil Bohn; History and Biography; history-biography.com
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Died due to heart failure
He lived to be 77 years old, he is regarded to be one of the foremost physicists of the twentieth century. Throughout his successful career he cultivated his marriage to Margreth Norlund (his most-trusted adviser) raising six sons, one of them (Aage N. Bohr) shared a third of the 1975 Noble Prize for Physics. information from: Niels Bohr; Biography, Education, Accomplishments, & Facts; Britannica.com
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