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Neils Henrik David Bohr was born in Copenhagen, Denmark as the second of three children -
Enrolled at the University of Copenhagen in 1903 with a Physics Degree plan under the guidance of Professor C. Christiansen, a highly endowed physicist.
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In the same year, received a Doctorates in Physics and discovered the Bohr-Van Leeuwen Theorem with Ernest Rutherford and colleagues at the University of Manchester.
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A year after completing college, Bohr went on to marry Margrether Norlund, eventually having six sons -
Introduced a Model of the atom, also proposed a theory for the hydrogen atom.
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Appointed Professor of Theoretical Physics at Copenhagen University.
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Awarded the Nobel Prize "for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them."
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Formulated the "Principle of Complementarity" which states that on the Atomic level, a physical phenomenon expresses itself differently depending on the experimental setup used to observe it.
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Developed the Compound-Nucleus model which described reactions in two stages
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Neils Bohr fled the German occupation and traveled to Sweden with his son Aage. He was later invited to work with the Manhattan Project in New Mexico.
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Helped establish CERN, a Europe-based Particle Physics research facility that probes the fundamental structure of the particles that make up everything around us using the most complex scientific instruments.
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Passed in November 18, 1962 in Copenhagen, Denmark aged 77
