"never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think"
Niels Bohr came up with the revolutionary theory on atomic structures. He proposed that an electron is found only in circular paths or orbits around the nucleus. In the model he created, an electrons energy is determined on how far away the energy level is from the nucleus. He also determined how many electrons were allowed on each energy level by giving the energy levels numbers. This theory of the atomic structure "gave birth to the quantum theory, a name that reflects the notion that atoms absorb and emit only certain packets of energy or quanta of energy."
Bohr on a deeper level
- Won the nobel peace prize in 1922
- Founded Institute of theoretical physics
- Established CERN
- Has published more than 100 articles
- Died of a stroke