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In 1909, he earned a master’s degree in physics and went on to complete his PhD in physics in 1911, both from the University of Copenhagen. His doctoral dissertation was on the electron theory of metals .
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In 1911, he traveled to England and met J. J. Thompson of the Cavendish Laboratory at the Cambridge University. He conducted some research on cathode rays, but failed to impress Thomson. Later, Ernest Rutherford invited him to conduct post-doctoral research in England on the atomic structures. In 1913, Bohr’s paper on atomic structure was published which became the basis of the famous ‘old quantum theory’.
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Neils Bohr marries Margrethe Norlund and have six kids (two die) which further on become very successful adults.
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In 1913 Bohr proposed his quantized shell model of the atom to explain how electrons can have stable orbits around the nucleus. The motion of the electrons in the Rutherford model was unstable because, according to classical mechanics and electromagnetic theory, any charged particle moving on a curved path emits electromagnetic radiation; thus, the electrons would lose energy and spiral into the nucleus. -
He proposed an atomic model in which he postulated that electrons travel in fixed orbits around the atom's nucleus, and further explained how electrons emit or absorb energy. He introduced the idea that an electron could drop from a higher-energy orbit to a lower one, in the process emitting a quantum of discrete energy.
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Neils Bohr founds the Institute of Theoretical Physics which knows alot about and then becomes the director of it further on in his career.
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Neils Bohr wins the Nobel Prize for Physics for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and the radiation emenating from them.
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The Bohr–Einstein debates were a series of public disputes about quantum mechanics between Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr. Their debates are remembered because of their importance to the philosophy of science.
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Neils Bohr becomes a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and later on recieves the Royal Society Copley Medal in 1938.
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Neils Bohr's ideas and work helps the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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He died on November 18, 1962, at his home in Carlsberg, Copenhagen, Denmark, after having a stroke. His body was cremated, and his ashes were buried in the family plot in the Assistens Cemetery in the Nørrebro section of Copenhagen.
