Photo: Niels Bohr's research notes for his new atomic theory Rutherford's find came from a very strange experience. Everyone at that time imagined the atom as a "plum pudding." That is, it was roughly ...

NMAH copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. This comprehensive scientific history presents for the first time a detailed and comprehensive study of the Bohr atom in all its ...

Niels Bohr did not understand quantum mechanics and neither does anyone else. Indeed, the more we learn of it, the less we seem to know. And no wonder. How can electrons behave both as particles and ...

The Theory of Spectra and Atomic Constitution: Three Essays. By Prof. Niels Bohr — The beautiful conception which inspires and co-ordinates practically the whole of modern atomic physics is the atomic ...

On the spectrum of hydrogen -- On the series spectra of the elements -- The structure of the atom and the physical and chemical properties of the elements siris_sil_499304 ...

Analysis suggests that the two pioneers of quantum mechanics, Niels Bohr and John von Neumann, may have had more similar views than previously thought regarding the nature of quantum systems, and the ...