26-04-2014, 03:01 PM
Niels Bohr
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Full Name :- Niels Henrik David Bohr
Born :- 7 October 1885 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died :- 18 November 1962 (aged 77) Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality :- Danish
Fields :- Physics
Known For :- Atomic theory, Aufbau principle, Bohr model, Etc.
Notable awards :- Nobel Prize in Physics (1922), Franklin Medal (1926), Order of the Elephant (1947), Atoms for Peace Award (1957)
Spouse :- Margrethe Norlunth (married:- 1912; six children)
Signature :-
Niels Henrik David Bohr (7 October 1885 – 18 November 1962) was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr was also a philosopher and a promoter of scientific research.
Bohr developed the Bohr model of the atom with the atomic nucleus at the centre and electrons in orbit around it, which he compared to the planets orbiting the Sun.
He helped develop quantum mechanics, in which electrons move from one energy level to another in discrete steps, instead of continuously. He founded the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen, now known as the Niels Bohr Institute, which opened in 1920.
Bohr mentored and collaborated with physicists including Hans Kramers, Oskar Klein, George de Hevesy and Werner Heisenberg.
He predicted the existence of a new zirconium-like element, which was named hafnium, after Copenhagen, when it was discovered. Later, the element bohrium was named after him.
He conceived the principle of complementarity: that items could be separately analysed as having contradictory properties, like behaving as a wave or a stream of particles. The notion of complementarity dominated his thinking on both science and philosophy.
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Full Name :- Niels Henrik David Bohr
Born :- 7 October 1885 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died :- 18 November 1962 (aged 77) Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality :- Danish
Fields :- Physics
Known For :- Atomic theory, Aufbau principle, Bohr model, Etc.
Notable awards :- Nobel Prize in Physics (1922), Franklin Medal (1926), Order of the Elephant (1947), Atoms for Peace Award (1957)
Spouse :- Margrethe Norlunth (married:- 1912; six children)
Signature :-
Niels Henrik David Bohr (7 October 1885 – 18 November 1962) was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr was also a philosopher and a promoter of scientific research.
Bohr developed the Bohr model of the atom with the atomic nucleus at the centre and electrons in orbit around it, which he compared to the planets orbiting the Sun.
He helped develop quantum mechanics, in which electrons move from one energy level to another in discrete steps, instead of continuously. He founded the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen, now known as the Niels Bohr Institute, which opened in 1920.
Bohr mentored and collaborated with physicists including Hans Kramers, Oskar Klein, George de Hevesy and Werner Heisenberg.
He predicted the existence of a new zirconium-like element, which was named hafnium, after Copenhagen, when it was discovered. Later, the element bohrium was named after him.
He conceived the principle of complementarity: that items could be separately analysed as having contradictory properties, like behaving as a wave or a stream of particles. The notion of complementarity dominated his thinking on both science and philosophy.
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