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Niels Bohr Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Niels Bohr, based on 2 World History Database records associated with Denmark.

2 records1913–19392 events1 places

Chronological biography

1913

Discovery of Electrons1913
Science / Physics

In 1913, Danish physicist Niels Bohr postulated that electrons resided in quantized energy states, with the energy determined by the angular momentum of the electrons orbits about the nucleus

1939

Fission TheoryJanuary 1939
Science / Physics · Physicist · Washington

Carries news of uranium fission to the United States.

Titles and roles

Physicist

Record provenance

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