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Birth and Early Years Of Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in October of 1885. Growing up Bohr came from a well-educated family. His father was a professor of physiology at the University of Copenhagen. After his younger school years he, like his father also attended at the University of Copenhagen. In 1908 he was presented a gold medal by the Academy of Sciences in Copenhagen for solving a problem on surface tension. Using his father’s lab Niels Bohr used osculating fluid jets in order to solve the problem. -
Nobel Prize in Physics
n 1912 Bohr joined Professor Rutherford’s lab in Manchester where they investigated the radioactive phenomenon. In 1913 he passed on Rutherford’s study of the structure of atoms. Between 1912 and 1913 Niels Bohr worked with many profound professors and scientist on what would later get him awarded the Nobel Prize in 1922 and for his work on the structure of atoms and the radiation they expelled. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBgC0PyIomU -
Complementarity Principle
In 1928 Bohr announced the principle of complementarity principle, In this principle, Bohr describes the properties of both light and electrons. His principle of complementarity principle states that light and electrons can have dual aspects meaning they can be of both particles and waves. Although his principle states that the human eye can observe only one, it is possible to have both even know we can not see it. -
Manhattan Project
During World War 2 while the Nazi occupation was happening in Europe, Bohr spent his last years of the war in England and America working on a project known as Atomic Energy Project, it was this project that would soon lead Bohr as one of the first scientist on the nuclear bomb project known as the Manhattan Project. After the bombs dropped in Asia, Borhs felt somewhat responsible for the devastation created from his work and advocated for peaceful atomic projects.