Portrait niels bohr

Niels Bohr, Born: 10/07/1885 Died: 11/18/1962 - Timeline by Cory Winkeljohn

  • Niels Bohr is born

    Born in Copenhagen, Denmark to renowned physiologist Christian Bohr.
  • Bohr creates 'Bohr model' for atoms

    Bohr creates 'Bohr model' for atoms
    Niels Bohr along with Ernest Rutherford created a model for the atom based on the idea that electrons in atoms are not random, but assigned in certain ways. The Bohr model would later be tweaked a bit by scientists, but is generally still around and accurate today.
  • Bohr fathers Quantum Mechanics and Chemistry

    Niels Bohr took Balmer's ideas and ran with them to create the study of atom-scale research known as Quantum Mechanics and later Quantum Chemistry. He would receive the Nobel prize later on for this work.
  • Bohr Receives Nobel Prize for work in 1913

    Bohr received a Nobel prize for his amazing work and discoveries done in 1913.
  • Niels Bohr Analysis Book Published

    Bohr, Niels. The Theory of Spectra and Atomic Constitution. Cambridge, England; University Press, 1922.
  • Niels Bohr Quantum Theory Book Published

    Niels Bohr on the Application of the Quantum Theory to Atomic Structure, Part 1, the Fundamental Postulates is a book first published in 1924 based on his essays written in 1923. Bohr, Niels, and Leon Curtiss. Niels Bohr on the Application of the Quantum Theory to Atomic Structure, Part 1, the Fundamental Postulates . Cambridge, England; University Press, 1924.
  • The Genius of Niels Bohr (YouTube Video)

  • Niels Bohr Dies

    Niels Bohr dies immediately after a stroke.