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Bohr's Atomic Model
In 1913 Dr. Niels Bohr developed his model of the atom which became known as the Bohr model. In his model, Bohr hypothesized that the electrons circling the nucleus of an atom were doing so not at arbitrary radii, but instead the distance of those electrons were directly related to amount of energy the electron contains and that the electron could in fact jump from one orbit to the other either giving off energy or absorbing it. These jumps are called "quantum leaps." -
Director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen
Dr. Bohr was actually the one who began campaigning for an Institute of Theoretical Physics. During his inauguration speech "he expressed his ambition to make the new institute a place where the younger generation of physicists could propose fresh ideas." (Niels Bohr). Bohr and his staff did indeed succeed in that notion and most of the world's most renowned Theoretical Physicists spent time at the institute. -
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics
Dr Niels Bohr was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the structure of atoms and quantum mechanics. The work done by Bohr has contributed directly to the development of things such as, "the microwave, laptops, and the atomic bomb." (Hank Green) His work formed the basis of future atomic research -
Bohr participates in the Manhattan Project
In September of 1943, Bohr had learned that he was in danger of being arrested by the Nazi for being of Jewish descent. Him and his wife fled to Sweden and then went to Scotland later that year. There in Scotland, he took part in the British Tube Alloys Nuclear weapons development team and was sent to the United States as a Tube Alloys consultant which is where he played a distinct role in the development of the Atomic Bomb during the Manhattan project. Charles Critchfield gave Bohr credit
