Niels Bohr was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1922 "for his
services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the
radiation emanating from them". October 7 is his birthday and on the
occasion of the Danish physicist's 127th birth anniversary Google has
posted a doodle on its home page. Niels Henrik David Bohr was born in
Copenhagen on October 7, 1885. His father, Christian Bohr was a
Professor of Physiology at Copenhagen University.
During World War II Bohr, fearing arrest by the Germans, escaped
to Britain from where he went to the US to work on the Manhattan Project
at the Los Alamos laboratory in New Mexico. The Manhattan Project lead
to the development of the first atom bomb.
The Niels Bohr 127th birthday Google doodle showcases his
contributions to science and shows the Bohr atomic model. This model
introduced by Bohr in 1913, was a radical departure from earlier
descriptions of the atom and showed the atom as one with a small nucleus
surrounded by electrons that travel in circular orbits in a structure
similar to the solar system, with electrostatic forces providing
attraction, not gravity.
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