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Birth and Death
Neils Bohr was born to Ellen Adler & Christian Bohr in Copenhagen, Denmark. Bohr's mother was a part of a successful Jewish Banking Clan. Bohr's father was a celebrated physiology academic. From a young age, Bohr was introduced to science, literature, and philosophy.
Neils Bohr became a renowned scientist for his work in atomic structure and quantum mechanics. -
1914-1916
After his time in Manchester, returning to Copenhagen, marrying Margrethe Norlund, being appointed assistant professor at the University of Copenhagen, Bohr's work on atom model led to a trilogy of papers. He worked hard on his ideas and developing his own quantum version of the Rutherford atom model. After his published work, Einstein remarked it as "one of the great discoveries" -
Nobel Prize in Physics
Bohr impacted the scientific community with his work in quantum physics. In 1921 and 1922 Albert Einstein and Bohr were jointly announce as Nobel Prize awardees. Although they were esteem peers, Bohr and Einstein formed important debatable interactions that led to quantum mechanics. -
Manhattan Project
As Denmark was occupied by Nazy Germany during the second World War, Boh and his family had to be smuggled out and into the United States. Whil in New Mexico, Bohr work as a consultant of the Manhattan Project, where the first atomic bomb was being created. Bohrs work in chain reaction and splitting of atoms paved the development of the atomic bomb. Throughout his period of contributions in the project, Bohr expressed concerns about the dangers of an atomic bomb. -
citations
Biography.com. April 2, 2014. https://www.biography.com/scientist/niels-bohr Editor. August 10, 2014. https://www.simplycharly.com/read/blog/the-nucleus-of-war-niels-bohr-role-in-the-manhattan-project/ Mukunda, N. “The Life and Work of Niels Bohr — A Brief Sketch.” Resonance, vol. 18, no. 10, Springer India, 2013, pp. 877–84, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-013-0114-3.