Quick answerNiels Bohr (1885–1962) was a Danish scientist. Niels Bohr is best known for The Bohr model of the atom, Nobel Prize in Physics 1922, The Copenhagen interpretation, The Bohr–Einstein debates and Complementarity. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His quantum model of the atom won the Nobel Prize and shaped modern physics.
Niels Bohr (1885–1962) was a Danish physicist who in 1913 proposed the first quantum model of the atom, with electrons occupying only certain orbits around the nucleus. The model won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922, and his institute in Copenhagen became the meeting place of a generation of physicists arguing over what quantum theory really means.
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| Born | 1885 in Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| Died | 1962 |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Field | Science |
| Known for | The Bohr model of the atom, Nobel Prize in Physics 1922, The Copenhagen interpretation, The Bohr–Einstein debates, Complementarity |
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- Ernest Rutherford — Worked with him in Manchester in 1912–1913
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