Niels Bohr
Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. He was also a philosopher and a promoter of scientific research.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Copenhagen
- Educated at
- University of CambridgeUniversity of CopenhagenTrinity College
- Awards
- 🏆 Copley Medal🏆 Nobel Prize in Physics🏆 Max Planck Medal
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 J. J. Thomson🎓 Christian Christiansen
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Aage Bohr
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Trending topics shown first"The great extension of our experience in recent years has brought light to the insufficiency of our simple mechanical conceptions and, as a consequence, has shaken the foundation on which the customar…"
"Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question."
"Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems."
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Timeline
1885
Born
Birth1962
Died
Death
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