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Bohr Model of the Atom
In July of 1913, Niels Bohr put forward a new model for the atom to explain how electrons are able to have orbit securely around their nucleus. This challenged the former theory made by Rutherford that electrons were unstable and moved in a curved path that would eventually lose their energy and go off into the nucleus. Bohr suggested the idea that electrons moved on a fixed path around the nucleus and would have fixed energy. Bohr went on to explain how electrons could jump between orbits. -
Niels Bohr Institute
In 1921, Niels Bohr founded the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of Copenhagen. Bohr had worked as a professor at the University of Copenhagen in 1916 and lobbied for the creation of the institute. In 1965, the name was officially changed to the Niels Bohr institute. This institute focused on the research of atomic physics and quantum physics in honor of Bohr's contributions with his atomic model. -
Debate: Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein on Quantum Mechanics
In 1927, two great minds clashed. Twenty-nine scientists attended a conference to discuss quantum mechanics and the contradictory observations that have been documented, two of those people being Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein. Bohr put forth that electrons were entities that didn't exist as particles until they directly observed. Einstein challenged that, saying how electrons were still there even when not being looked at and that observation did not cause sudden existence. -
International Atomic Energy Agency
Niels Bohr's work and ideas has helped shaped and develop the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency, an organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear technology. After World War 2, Bohr was called for his cooperation on nuclear energy. in 1957, he helped in the creation of the European Organization of Nuclear Research.