Bohr

Niels Henrik David Bohr 1885-1962

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  • Birth

    Birth
    Niels Bohr was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the second child of a Physiology Professor.

  • Development of the Bohr model

    Development of the Bohr model
    This model, with some improvements, is still used today to teach Chemistry and physics and was developed by Bohr after Rutherford’s discovery of the atomic nucleus. His model shows the different shells that electrons occupy around the nucleus. more information on the Bohr model:
    https://youtu.be/S1LDJUu4nko

  • Niels Bohr Institute

    Niels Bohr Institute
    Under the university of Copenhagen, Bohr headed the Institute for theoretical Physics. This institute was later renamed the Niels Bohr institute.

  • Nobel Prize

    Nobel Prize
    The Nobel prize in Physics was awarded to Bohr in 1922 "for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them."

  • The Manhattan Project

    The Manhattan Project
    Due to Nazi occupation in Copenhagen, Bohr escaped to Sweden. He spent the last 2 years of the war in England and New Mexico where he helped work on the Manhattan Project. There Bohr and a group of scientists, including Albert Einstein and one of Bohr's own sons, developed the atomic bomb during WWII.

  • After WWII

    After WWII
    Bohr returned to Denmark after the war where he helped develop nuclear power for the country. He advocated for the peaceful use of Nuclear Physics.

  • Death

    Death
    Niels Bohr Died in Copenhagen, Denmark at the age of 77. Niels Bohr – Facts. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2021. Sat. 24 Jul 2021. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1922/bohr/facts/