Niels Bohr

Niels Bohr

Niels Henrik David Bohr (Danish: [ˈne̝ls ˈpoɐ̯ˀ]; 7 October 1885 – 18 November 1962) was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr was also a philosopher and a promoter of scientific research. Bohr developed the Bohr model of the atom, in which he proposed that energy levels of electrons are discrete and that the electrons revolve in stable orbits around the atomic nucleus but can jump from one energy level (or orbit) to another. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Niels Bohr has received more than 4,770,811 page views. His biography is available in 130 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 127 in 2019). Niels Bohr is the 15th most popular physicist (down from 9th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Physicist.

Niels Bohr is most famous for the Bohr model of the atom, which he created in 1913. The Bohr model of the atom is a model of the atom that was first proposed by Niels Bohr. It is also known as the Rutherford-Bohr model. The Bohr model of the atom is a model of the atom that was first proposed by Niels Bohr. It is also known as the Rutherford-Bohr model.