Niels Bohr's Contribution to the Philosophy of Science

By alysawood

  • Niel Bohr's Birth

    Born: October 7, 1885 in Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Bohr's Atomic Model

    Atomic theory, ancient philosophical speculation that all things can be accounted for by innumerable combinations of hard, small, indivisible particles called atoms. Bohr theorized that electrons orbit the nucleus in orbits that have a set size and energy. A model of atoms still used in today's science.

  • Structure of the Periodic Table through Atomic Theory

    Niels Bohr applied his atomic theory to the periodic table of elements. He showed that chemical properties of an element resulted mainly from the behavior of valence electrons, the electrons occupying the highest stable orbit. This was an important step in the creation of the field of quantum chemistry. Bohr predicted that the undiscovered atomic element 72 would resemble zirconium. Hafnium was discovered in 1923.

  • Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

    The Copenhagen interpretation was the first general attempt to understand the world of atoms as this is represented by quantum mechanics. Bohr and some his colleagues developed the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, which is still used as a conceptual basis in current science.

  • Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

    The Copenhagen interpretation was the first general attempt to understand the world of atoms as this is represented by quantum mechanics. Bohr and his colleagues created the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, which is still used as a conceptual basis in current science. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um0AvHrPp_w&feature=share

  • Debates with Enstein Brought Attention to Quantum Mechanics

    Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr were involved in a series of public debates about quantum mechanics. These debates are important to the philosophy of science because they not only represented one of the highest points of scientific research in the first half of the twentieth century but also brought to focus quantum mechanics, which is essential in our understanding of the physical world.

  • Niel Bohr's Death

    Niel Bohr's vast contribution to science, philosophy of science and overall way we view reality will always be remembered.

  • Sources

    1. [online] Available at: https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/einstein/legacy/quantum-theory [Accessed 26 September 2021].
    2. [online] Available at: https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/einstein/legacy/quantum-theory [Accessed 26 September 2021].
    Plato.stanford.edu. 2021. Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). [online] Available at: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-copenhagen/ [Accessed 26 September 2021].

  • Sources pt 2

    Science ABC. 2021. Niel Bohr's Atomic Theory Explained » Science ABC. [online] Available at: https://www.scienceabc.com/pure-sciences/what-is-bohrs-atomic-theory.html#:~:text=Niel%20Bohr%E2%80%99s%20Atomic%20Theory%20states%20that%20%E2%80%93%20an,be%20equal%20to%20the%20energy%20of%20the%20photon. [Accessed 26 September 2021].
    \NobelPrize.org. 2021. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1922.