Jan 3, 2010
Article abstract: Bohr discovered the fundamental structure and character of the atom, its components and how they interact. For this discovery, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr also made significant contributions to the understanding of how quantum and classical physics unify as a single philosophy in his principle of complementarity.
Niels Henrik David Bohr was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 7, 1885. Bohr’s early environment invited genius; his father, Christian Bohr, was a professor of physiology at the University...
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