Niels Bohr (1885-1962)

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  • Niels Bohr's Birth

    Niels Bohr's Birth

    Niels Bohr was born in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Bohr meets Rutherford

    Bohr meets Rutherford

    Bohr moves to Cambridge, England to meet Thompson, the discoverer of the electron; however, the two did not get along, and soon after he meets Rutherford. By the end of 1911, Bohr moved to Manchester to work with Rutherford where he began to understand that there was a need to create a new mechanics for the atom. Mukunda, N. “The Life and Work of Niels Bohr — A Brief Sketch.” Resonance, vol. 18, no. 10, Springer, 2013, pp. 877–84, doi:10.1007/s12045-013-0114-3.
  • Bohr Model

    Bohr Model

    Bohr proposed his theory for the hydrogen atom that replaces the Rutherford model. His theory was released in a trilogy of papers titled "On the Constitution of Atoms
    and Molecules: Parts I, II, III" in July, September, and November of 1913.
    Mukunda, N. “The Life and Work of Niels Bohr — A Brief Sketch.” Resonance, vol. 18, no. 10, Springer, 2013, pp. 877–84, doi:10.1007/s12045-013-0114-3.
  • Nobel Prize in Physics

    Nobel Prize in Physics

    In 1922, Niels Bohr received the Nobel Prize for "his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them."
    "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1922." NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2021. Sat. 24 Apr 2021. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1922/summary/
  • Manhattan Project

    Manhattan Project

    To escape Nazi prosecution, in 1943, Bohr fled from Denmark to Sweden where he was taken to London to begin working with the British Tube Alloys nuclear weapons development team. Under the name Nicholas Baker, Bohr eventually moved to Los Alamos, NM where he began working on the Manhattan Project for the next two years.
    Aaserud, Finn. "Niels Bohr". Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Jan. 2021, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Niels-Bohr.
  • Atoms for Peace

    Atoms for Peace

    In 1957, Bohr became the first recipient of the Atoms for Peace Award. Out of seventy-five nominees, the trustees of the Atoms for Peace Awards unanimously selected Bohr for the award. The Atoms for Peace council was set up to administer the award for developing or applying peaceful nuclear technology.
    Atoms for Peace Award: Prof. Niels Bohr, For. Mem. R.S... Nature 179, 698–699 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179698b0
    Atoms for Peace
  • Niels Bohr's Death

    Niels Bohr's Death

    Niels Bohr dies from a stroke in Copenhagen, Denmark.