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Niels Bohr was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Son of mother Ellen and father Christian.
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Niels Bohr while a student at the Academy of Sciences in Copenhagen wins a contest put on by the Academy for his investigation into the measurements of liquid surface tension. Working in his father’s lab, Bohr went beyond the current theory of liquid surface tension by taking into account the viscosity of the water as well as incorporating finite amplitudes rather than infinitesimal ones. His essay was submitted and was published in the journal of Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society.
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Niels Bohr receives his Doctor’s degree in Physics from the Academy of Sciences.
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Niels Bohr was working in Professor Rutherford’s lab in Manchester, working on the fundamental inquiries into the radioactive phenomena, carrying out a theoretical piece on absorption of alpha rays which was published in the Philosophical Magazine.
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Niels Bohr starts his study of the structure of atoms working off Rutherford’s discovery of the atomic nucleus. By introduction concepts from Quantum Theory that was established by Planck, he worked out a picture of the atomic structure that still used for the physical and chemical properties of elements.
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Niels Bohr is appointed Professor of Theoretical Physics at Copenhagen University.
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Niels Bohr wins Nobel Prize for his work on the structure of atoms.
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Niels Bohr worked on the problems encountered in quantum physics, by developing the concept of complementarity. He showed how the changes in physics affected our scientific outlook, and how these changes go beyond atomic physics and touches all human knowledge.
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Niels Bohr points out the nuclear processes the smallness of the region in which interactions take place, and the strength of these interactions.
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Niels Bohr dies in Copenhagen.
