Niels Bohr

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Biography Niels Henrik David Bohr 7 October 1885 – 18 November 1962 Born and died in Copenhagen, Denmark University of Copenhagen, University of

Cambridge, University of Manchester Nobel prize in 1922 for physics

Experiment and area of study

Used majority of his effort researching the structure of the atom

Studied physics Experimented with his professor Ernest

Rutherford

The Bohr model

Niels Bohr created The Bohr model as an adaption from an earlier model created by Ernest Rutherford

The Bohr Model is a model in which the negatively-charged electrons orbit a positively-charged nucleus

Electrons orbit the nucleus in cycles that have a set size and energy

Major contributions Created model of atoms including

electrons and nucleus Contributed to the Manhattan project Expanded on Rutherford's idea that

electrons orbit the nucleus

Bibliography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Bohr#Manhattan_Project

http://chemistry.about.com/od/atomicstructure/a/bohr-model.htm

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1922/bohr-bio.html