Niels Bohr

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Niels Bohr was a pioneering Danish physicist whose model of the atom and foundational work in quantum theory profoundly shaped modern physics.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Physics
human
physicist
theoretical physicist
academicDegree PhD in physics
alias Nicholas Baker
awardReceived Copley Medal
Franklin Medal
Max Planck Medal
Nobel Prize in Physics
birthCountry Denmark
birthDate 1885-10-07
birthPlace Copenhagen
causeOfDeath heart failure
child Aage Niels Bohr
Harald Bohr Jr.
countryOfCitizenship Denmark
deathCountry Denmark
deathDate 1962-11-18
deathPlace Copenhagen
doctoralAdvisor Christian Christiansen
educatedAt University of Copenhagen
era 20th-century physics
familyName Niels Bohr self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bohr
father Christian Bohr
fieldOfWork atomic physics
quantum mechanics
theoretical physics
founded Niels Bohr Institute
surface form: Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Copenhagen
fullName Niels Bohr self-linksurface differs
surface form: Niels Henrik David Bohr
givenName Niels
influenced Aage Niels Bohr
John Archibald Wheeler
Lev Landau
Werner Heisenberg
Wolfgang Pauli
influencedBy Albert Einstein
Ernest Rutherford
Max Planck
knownFor Bohr model of the atom
Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics
foundational contributions to quantum theory
liquid drop model of the atomic nucleus
principle of complementarity
languageSpoken Danish
English
German
mother Ellen Adler Bohr
movement Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics
nobelPrizeCategory Physics
nobelPrizeMotivation for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them
nobelPrizeYear 1922
notableIdea Bohr–Einstein debates
complementarity principle
correspondence principle
positionHeld Director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Copenhagen
Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen
religion Lutheranism
residence Copenhagen
sibling Harald Bohr
spouse Margrethe Nørlund Bohr
tookPartIn Manhattan Project
workInstitution Trinity College, Cambridge
University of Copenhagen
University of Manchester
surface form: Victoria University of Manchester

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Manhattan Project keyScientist Niels Bohr
Alfred Loomis collaboratedWith Niels Bohr
Los Alamos Laboratory employed Niels Bohr
MED employed Niels Bohr
subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District
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Yoshio Nishina collaboratedWith Niels Bohr
Yoshio Nishina studiedUnder Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr fullName Niels Bohr self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Niels Henrik David Bohr
Niels Bohr familyName Niels Bohr self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bohr
Copley Medal notableRecipient Niels Bohr
J. J. Thomson influenced Niels Bohr
Franklin Medal notableRecipient Niels Bohr
Werner Heisenberg influencedBy Niels Bohr
Thomas Kuhn influencedBy Niels Bohr
Hughes Medal notableRecipient Niels Bohr
Otto Frisch collaboratedWith Niels Bohr
Max Planck influenced Niels Bohr
Ernest Rutherford student Niels Bohr
Wolfgang Pauli influencedBy Niels Bohr
Otto Laporte influencedBy Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr Institute namedAfter Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr Institute foundedBy Niels Bohr
Physics developedBy Niels Bohr
Harald Bohr Jr. father Niels Bohr
Harald Bohr Jr. relative Niels Bohr