Niels bohr

Niels Bohr

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  • Birth

    Born in Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Atomic Model Publication

    Bohr published his Atomic Model in Volume 26 of the Philosophical Magazine.
    The publication was was divided into three chapters which became known as The Trilogy Model Explained:
    https://youtu.be/au2HCVn9IJI N. Bohr Dr. phil. (1913) I. On the constitution of atoms and molecules, The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, 26:151, 1-25, DOI: 10.1080/14786441308634955
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics 1922

    The Nobel Prize in Physics 1922

    Niels Bohr proposed an atomic model based on hydrogen atoms that electrons emit light radiation (photons) at fixed wavelengths as electrons jump prbits (electron shells). Niels Bohr – Facts. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2021. Sat. 20 Feb 2021. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1922/bohr/facts/
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    Manhattan Project

    Bohr traveled to the United States and began his work with the Manhattan Project. He assisted in the development of the mmodulated neutron initiators. Pais, Abraham (1991). Niels Bohr's Times, In Physics, Philosophy and Polity. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-852049-8.

  • Atoms for Pease Prize

    Bohr wins the first Atoms for Peace Prize for his establishment of the International Atomic Energy Agency, presented by Ford Motors and President Dwight D. Eisenhower. “Bohr Wins Atoms for Peace Prize.” Physics Today, vol. 10, no. 5, 1957, p. 16. Crossref, doi:10.1063/1.3060363.

  • Death

    Died (Age 77)
    Bohr died of heart failure at his home in Carlsberg on 18 November 1962