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Niels Henrick Bohr was born in Copenhagen.
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Earned his doctorate in Physics from Copenhagen University.
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Niels Bohr founded the institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen, now known as The Niels Bohr institute.
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Bohr explained what happens inside an atom and developed a picture of atomic structure, this work earned him a Nobel Prize of his own.
Explaining what the Bohr model is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1LDJUu4nko -
Niels Bohr and John Archibald Wheeler cooperated to produce the liquid-drop model. This model pictured the nucleus as a rotating drop of incompressible liquid held together by surface tension.
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Niels Bohr received a tip-off that the Nazis intended to arrest him. The Bohr family fled in fishing boats across the short stretch of water separating Denmark from Sweden.
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Niels Bohr and one of his sons worked in secret in America on the atomic bomb projects under the names Nicholas and James Baker.
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Bohr died in his home at the age of 77 in Copenhagen due to sudden heart failure.
