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Niels Bohr

Born

in Copenhagen, Denmark

October 07, 1885

Died

November 18, 1962

Genre

Science, Physics, Nonfiction

Influences

Ernest Rutherford, Chalres Galton Darwin, Henry Moseley, Paul Dirac, A ...more

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Niels Henrik David Bohr (Danish pronunciation: [ni:ls ˈboɐ̯ˀ]) was a physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanic. Bohr mentored and collaborated with many of the top physicists of the century at his institute in Copenhagen. He was part of a team of physicists working on the Manhattan Project. Bohr has been described as one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century.

In 1922 Niels Bohr was awarded the Nobel prize in physics "for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them".

Bohr married Margrethe Nørlund in 1912, and one of their sons, Aage Bohr, grew up to be an important physicist who in 1975 also received the Nobel P ...more

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	Atomic Physics And Human Knowledge 3.90 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 1958 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Philosophical Writings of Niels Bohr, Vol. 1: Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature 3.80 avg rating — 147 ratings — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I quanti e la vita by Niels Bohr, P. Gulmanelli (Translator) 3.75 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1965 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quantum Theory by Niels Bohr, Max Planck, James Lees (Goodreads Author) 3.46 avg rating — 26 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Theory of Spectra and Atomic Constitution 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1922 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Philosophical Writings of Niels Bohr, Vol. 4: Causality and Complementarity by Niels Bohr, Jan Faye (Editor), Henry J. Folse (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Discussion with Einstein on Epistemology 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1949 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sobre a Constituição de Átomos e Moléculas really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1913 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	(Niels Bohr Collected Works, Volume 5) The Emergence of Quantum Mechanics (Mainly 1924-1926) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Niels Bohr on the Application of the Quantum Theory to Atomic Structure, Part 1, The Fundamental Postulates really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
― Niels Bohr

tags: science

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“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.”
― Niels Bohr

tags: paradoxes, science, truth

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“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.”
― Niels Bohr

tags: absurd, humour, truth, wisdom

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