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Born in Copenhagen, Denmark
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He married Margarethe Norlund and had 6 children togther, 2 of them later died.
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The Bohr Model depicts the atom as a small, positively charged nucleus surrounded by electrons that travel in circular orbits around the nucleus. He discovered this model in the laboratory of Ernest Rutherford.
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The Correspondence Principle states that the behavior of systems described by the theory of quantum mechanics reproduces classical physics in the limit of large quantum numbers.
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Bohr founded the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen, now known as the Niels Bohr Institute and later became the director of the Institute.
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Niels Bohr earned 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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Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein worked with other scientists on the Manhattan Project to create the first atomic bomb. The main research facilities were in Tennessee, Washington, and New Mexico.
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He was the first recipient of the Atoms for Peace Award
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He died at the age of 77 due to a heart attack in Copenhagen, Denmark.
