Niels Bohr Institute

Great Danish researchers

Read portraits and articles on important Danish researchers and their work into the research world and some of the products we surround ourselves with in daily life.

Niels Bohr's career

Niels Bohr was the son of Christian Bohr, professor of physiology at the University of Copenhagen,…
Tycho Brahe - the founder of modern observing astronomy

Tycho Ottesen Brahe was a great Danish astronomer, considered the founder of modern observing…
Ole Rømer

Ole Rømer (1644-1710) was a Danish astronomer, that is internationally famous for is his discovery…
H.C. Oersted - a genius from the province

Although there were no schools in Rudkøbing when Oersted was born, his father made sure that he got…
George de Hevesy

Nuclear medicine was founded by the Hungarian George de Hevesy (1885-1966), in part in collaboratio…
Bengt Strömgrens life among the stars

Bengt Strömgren was born in Göteborg 1908 to the astronomer Svante Elis Strömgren and Hedvig…
Inge Lehmann - the woman who discovered the core of the Earth

Inge Lehmann reasoned in 1936 that the Earth must have a solid inner core, but in Denmark she is…
Willi Dansgaard

Willi Dansgaard was the first to realise that ice cores drilled from the ice sheet could contain…
Erik Høg - Surveying the sky

From 1960 Erik Høg developed new methods for measuring the stars in the sky. It led to two ESA…
Jens Martin Knudsen

Jens Martin started the Mars research in the 1990s through participation in the Mars Pathfinder and…
Science in Art

In the history of art, one can find numerous artists who have interpreted scientific perspectives…
Historical Sites of Physical Science in Copenhagen

The Physical Tourist, A Science Guide for the Traveler edited by John S. Rigden and Roger H.…
Physics Spinoffs

Things surround ourselves with in our everyday life is often by-products derived from physics…
Nobel Laureates associated with the Niels Bohr Institute

There is a long series of Nobel Laureates who have been associated with the Niels Bohr Institute.