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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Niels Henrik David Bohr 4
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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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Solvay Conferences participant Niels Bohr
subject surface form: Fifth Solvay Conference on Physics
Arkady Migdal influencedBy Niels Bohr
Bohr hasNotableBearer Niels Bohr
Bohr family hasMember Niels Bohr
Bohr family child Niels Bohr
subject surface form: Christian Bohr
Bohr family sibling Niels Bohr
subject surface form: Harald Bohr
Bohr family spouse Niels Bohr
subject surface form: Margrethe Nørlund Bohr
Wojciech H. Zurek influencedBy Niels Bohr
Kramers notableStudent Niels Bohr
subject surface form: Hendrik Anthony Kramers
Kramers influencedBy Niels Bohr
subject surface form: Hendrik Anthony Kramers