https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/ en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:28:27 +0200 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:28:27 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/barndom/ Niels Bohr was born in 1885 in Copenhagen. He and his two siblings grew up in a loving home, where interest...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/barndom/" alt=" Niels Bohr's childhood" title=" Niels Bohr's childhood"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/barndom/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/barndom/ Thu, 17 May 2012 21:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/skole/ When Niels Bohr was seven years old he started school, where he was number one in his class.<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/skole/" alt=" Niels Bohr’s school years" title=" Niels Bohr’s school years"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/skole/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/skole/ Fri, 18 May 2012 14:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/universitetet/ In 1903, Niels Bohr began to study at the University of Copenhagen. In 1911, he received his doctorate...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/universitetet/" alt=" Life as a student" title=" Life as a student"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/universitetet/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/universitetet/ Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/bohratomet/ After taking his doctorate in physics in 1911, Niels Bohr went to study in England, where he developed...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/bohratomet/" alt=" Bohr's atomic model" title=" Bohr's atomic model"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/bohratomet/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/bohratomet/ Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/institutet/ In 1916, Niels Bohr was appointed professor at the University of Copenhagen. In 1921, his new Institute...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/institutet/" alt="Niels Bohr Institute" title="Niels Bohr Institute"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/institutet/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/institutet/ Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/nobelprisen/ In 1922, Niels Bohr received the Nobel Prize in Physics for "his services in the investigation of the...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/nobelprisen/" alt="The Nobel Prize" title="The Nobel Prize"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/nobelprisen/55x55.jpg_copy/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/nobelprisen/ Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/koebenhavnerfortolkningen/ In the middle of the 1920s, modern quantum mechanics was developed. This became the foundation for the...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/koebenhavnerfortolkningen/" alt="The Copenhagen Interpretation" title="The Copenhagen Interpretation"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/koebenhavnerfortolkningen/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/koebenhavnerfortolkningen/ Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:45:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/kernefysik/ In the early 1930s, Niels Bohr began to get interested in the atom’s nucleus. During the war he...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/kernefysik/" alt="Nuclear physics and war" title="Nuclear physics and war"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/kernefysik/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/kernefysik/ Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:45:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/de_sidste_aar/ After the war, the Niels Bohr Institute was once again a gathering point for the world’s researchers....<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/de_sidste_aar/" alt="The final years" title="The final years"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/de_sidste_aar/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/www/niels/bohr/de_sidste_aar/ Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:45:00 +0200