Bohr founded the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen, now known as the Niels Bohr Institute, which opened in 1920. Bohr mentored and collaborated with physicists including …

Nov 14, 2025 · Niels Bohr, Danish physicist who is generally regarded as one of the foremost physicists of the 20th century. He was the first to apply the quantum concept to the problem of atomic and …

Niels Bohr was President of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences, of the Danish Cancer Committee, and Chairman of the Danish Atomic Energy Commission.

Apr 2, 2014 · Niels Bohr was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and humanitarian whose revolutionary theories on atomic structures helped shape research worldwide.

Dec 3, 2025 · Niels Bohr sits in the history of physics like a colossus, his name spoken in the same breath as Einstein and Newton. But unlike those solitary geniuses, Bohr built something different: a …

In 1913, Niels Bohr created the groundbreaking atomic model that formed the basis of our understanding of how the world is built, and later of quantum mechanics, which has revolutionized …

Niels Bohr completely transformed our view of the atom and of the world. Realizing that classical physics fails catastrophically when things are atom-sized or smaller, he remodeled the atom so electrons …

In 1913, Bohr proposed his revolutionary model, suggesting that electrons orbit the nucleus in discrete energy levels or "shells." This model explained why atoms emitted light in specific wavelengths when …

He adapted Rutherford’s nuclear structure to Max Planck’s quantum theory and created the Bohr model, the most widely accepted model of the atom. In 1922, Bohr was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics …

Niels Bohr (1885–1962), the first Compton lecturer, was a Danish physicist who made critical contributions to the understanding of atomic structure and quantum mechanics.