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List of things named after Niels Bohr

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Niels Bohr (1885 – 1962), Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, is the eponym of the topics listed below.

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Physics and Chemistry

  • Bohr–Kramers–Slater theory,see BKS theory
  • Bohr–Sommerfeld quantization, see Sommerfeld–Bohr theory
  • Bohr–van Leeuwen theorem
  • BKS theory
  • Bohr-Einstein debates
  • Bohr complementarity principle, see Complementarity principle
  • Bohr correspondence principle, see Correspondence principle
  • Bohr frequency, see Bohr model
  • Bohr magneton
  • Bohr model
  • Bohrium, the chemical element with atomic number 107.
  • Bohr orbital
  • Bohr radius
  • Sommerfeld–Bohr theory

    • Astronomy

  • An asteroid, 3948 Bohr, was named after him,
  • Bohr (crater), a lunar crater

    • Other

  • Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen
  • Neil's Bahr, a popular comic and science-fiction based bar in Houston, Texas
  • At the CERN site in Meyrin, close to Geneva, there is a street called Route Bohr in honour of Niels Bohr
  • Niels Bohr Library & Archives of American Institute of Physics

    • References

    List of things named after Niels Bohr Wikipedia
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