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."
"For a parallel to the lesson of atomic theory regarding the limited applicability of such customary idealizations, we must in fact turn to quite other branches of science, such as psychology, or even …"
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1885
Born
Birth1962
Died
Death
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