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Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr's father was Christian Bohr and His mother was Ellen Adler. Niels Bohr's father achieved some astounding titles in his time. Bohr's father earned a doctorate in physiology from the University of Copenhagen in 1880 and in 1881 Christian Bohr assumed the position of Privatdozent at the university. “Niels Bohr - Biography.” Maths History, 2020, mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Bohr_Niels/. -
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Niels Bohr (pt.2)
Niels Bohr's mother was the daughter of David Adler, a Jewish politician with remarkable standing in Danish political and commercial life. Niels Bohr had two siblings, the oldest daughter was Jenny (1883), two years later Niels Bohr was born, and the youngest son Harald Bohr was born two years after Niels Bohr and became a renowned mathematician who studied alongside his brother Niels at the University of Copenhagen -
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Bohr's ascension in Physics and Mathematics
Bohr studied at Grammelholmes School in October of 1891. This was secondary school where he excelled in Physical Education and soccer. He attended this school with his brother Harald Bohr. -
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Bohr's Ascension in Physics and Mathematics (pt.3)
The paper Bohr wrote at the University of Copenhagen where Bohr used the physiology lab to conduct his experiments was the only paper Bohr wrote describing experiments. The paper he wrote won a Gold Medal in 1906 for his analysis of water jets as a way to determine surface tension.
Later in his academic pursuit at Copenhagen, Bohr achieved his Master's Degree in 1909 and then went on to receive his Doctorates in 1911. -
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Bohr's ascension in Physics and Mathematics (pt.2)
Bohr studied at the University of Copenhagen starting in the year 1903. Bohr's major was in Physics but he minored in Mathematics, Astronomy, and Chemistry. Interestingly enough, at the University of Copenhagen, Bohr was unable to perform physics experiments without a lab. However, Bohr's father had a physiology lab where Bohr could conduct his physics experiments. -
Niels Bohr and 'Studies on the electron theory of metals'.
This theory proposed by Bohr was to describe the structure of atoms, in particular, the hydrogen atom.
Bohr's model of the atom was a huge change in earlier depictions of atoms and was the first depiction incorporating quantum theory. Bohr's model depicted rings surrounding the nucleus and these rings are electron levels called electron orbits. In the model, Bohr was able to describe the radiation absorbed or emitted when electrons would move between their respected orbital paths. -
Niels Bohr's Contribution to the Philosophy of Science
Bohr's contribution to the Philosophy of Science was simply revolutionary. Bohr's paradigm shift created a model of an atom that is taught to millions if not billions of young students today. He created the next stepping stone to understand atoms at the quantum level which before had not been done. -
Niels Bohr's contribution to the Philosophy of Science (pt.2)
The paradigm shift in Bohr's atomic model was huge. I mentioned before that Bohr's model was a model I used in high school and before Bohr the models weren't entirely accurate and neither was Bohr's but Bohr's model was accurate enough to get learning points across. -
Niels Bohr's Contribution to the Philosophy of Science (pt.3)
Bohr also created a model that would enable other scientist of the same practice to further refine aspects of the theory and reinforce our understanding of the atom. -
Niels Bohr's Contribution to the Philosophy of Science Enhanced by Erwin Schrodinger
Another scientist who was around during Bohr's groundbreaking discoveries was Erwin Schrodinger. Schrodinger was two years younger than Bohr but Schrodinger's electron model allowed electrons of different orbital levels to occupy a three dimensional space! This is huge because the levels of the electron would stay consistent with Bohr's model but it applied more to the real world due to the atoms three dimensional nature. -
The Importance of Bohr's Atom Theory
Bohr's model was the first model of its time to depict an atom and show the electrons of the atom orbit the nucleus in different energy levels. This model also quantified an atom which had never been done before. The electrons were shown to be able to move between orbital paths around the nucleus and in doing so energy (radiation) was able to be measured by either the radiation being emitted or absorbed. Bohr's model is also commonly used in todays classroom taught to millions of students -
Conclusion
After the remarkable, not entirely accurate, theory of the atom, Bohr was able to push this field of study into todays world. We still do not know everything there is to know about the atom but as our understanding of quantum physics grows, the picture may soon become clear. Another interesting fact is Bohr's model is commonly used in the classroom today which is just mind boggling as Bohr's model was first introduced in the early 1900's. Bohr alone changed our way of thinking about the atom.