Niels Bohr (1885-1962)

By Michael_Chouinard

  • Niels Bohr's Birth

  • Solved the Scientific Problem of Surface Tension

    • “Won a prize from the Academy of Sciences in Copenhagen for solving the scientific problem of surface tension by means of oscillating fluid jets, and his paper was published in the Transactions of the Royal Society.”
    • “Neils Bohr.” Atomic Heritage Foundation. https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/profile/niels-bohr/. Accessed 22 Jul 2023.

  • The Bohr Model of an Atom

    • In 1913 Niels Bohr proposed the structural model of an atom that portrayed electrons orbiting around the nucleus held by electrostatic force causing the model to sometimes be called the planetary model of an atom.
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  • Professor of Theoretical Physics at Copenhagen University

    • “In 1916 he was appointed Professor of Theoretical Physics at Copenhagen University, and since 1920 (until his death in 1962) he was at the head of the Institute for Theoretical Physics, established for him at that university.”
    • “Niels Bohr Biographical.” The Nobel Prize in Physics 1922. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1922/bohr/biographical/. Accessed 20 Jul 2023.

  • Worked on the Manhattan Project (1943-1945)

    • "During... World War II, Bohr escaped to Sweden and spent the last two years of the war in England and America, where he became associated with the Atomic Energy Project. In his later years, he devoted his work to the peaceful application of atomic physics and to political problems arising from the development of atomic weapons."
    • “Niels Bohr Biographical.” The Nobel Prize in Physics 1922. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1922/bohr/biographical/. Accessed 20 Jul 2023.

  • First Atoms for Peace Conference

  • Neils Bohr's Death