Niels Bohr was a Danish physicist who lived between 1885-1962. He studied the structure of atoms and developed a new theory about how the electrons in an atom were arranged.
After helping build the first nuclear bomb, Bohr spent the later years of his life encouraging peaceful uses of atomic energy.
Portrait of Niels Bohr
Courtesy of The Niels Bohr Archive, Copenhagen
Niels Bohr
Portrait of Niels Bohr
Courtesy of The Niels Bohr Archive, Copenhagen
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Niels Bohr was a Danish physicist who lived between 1885-1962. He investigated atomic structure, modifying Rutherford's old model of an atom. Bohr also claimed that an atom's chemical properties are determined only by the electrons with the largest orbits.
After helping build the first nuclear bomb, Bohr spent the later years of his life promoting peaceful uses of atomic energy.
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Niels Bohr
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Niels Bohr was a Danish physicist who lived between 1885-1962. He investigated atomic structure, modifying Rutherford's old model of an atom by confining electrons to orbits of specific radii. Bohr also claimed that an atom's chemical properties are determined only by the valence (outermost) electrons.
After participating in the Manhattan Project, which produced the first nuclear bomb, Bohr spent the later years of his life promoting peaceful uses of atomic energy.
Portrait of Niels Bohr
Courtesy of The Niels Bohr Archive, Copenhagen
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