Philip Ball looks at how a little-known paper by Niels Bohr demonstrates the turmoil in physics on the brink of quantum ...

Niels Bohr famously speculated that the uncertainty ... “The present fashion of applying the axioms of physical science to human life”, he said, “is not only a mistake but has something ...

Niels Bohr was born and educated ... Physics -- sponsored by the Carlsberg brewery! Bohr remained director of the institute for the rest of his life, except for his absence during World War ...

Photo: Niels Bohr's research notes for his new atomic theory Rutherford's find came from a very strange experience. Everyone at that time imagined the atom as a "plum pudding." That is ...

In 1913, Niels Bohr revised Rutherford's model by suggesting that the electrons orbited the nucleus in different energy levels or at specific distances from the nucleus. By doing this, he was able ...

As profound as was the work of Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr in physics ... is to decide for yourself what is of genuine value in life … and then to find the courage to take your own thoughts ...

Niels Bohr's Nobel Lecture on December 11, 1922, titled The Structure of the Atom, is one of the most significant contributions to our understanding of atomic structure and quantum mechanics.