Niels Bohr

atoms · quantum physics · Nobel Prize · Denmark

Atoms have a structure. Bohr discovered that atoms have a tiny nucleus in the center with electrons spinning around it like planets around the sun, which was a brand new way to think about how atoms work.

He won the Nobel Prize. In 1922, Bohr received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his amazing discoveries about atomic structure and how atoms behave.

He explained electron orbits. Bohr showed that electrons don't just float anywhere around an atom, but stay in specific paths or energy levels, like runners on different track lanes.

Proud Danish scientist. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Bohr became one of the most famous physicists in the world and helped make his country a center for scientific discovery.

A thinking scientist. Bohr wasn't just a physicist, he was also a philosopher who loved asking big questions about how science and ideas work together.