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 ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Way back in 1913, everyone hailed Niels ...

Niels Bohr’s model of the hydrogen atom—first published 100 years ago and commemorated in a special issue of Nature—is simple, elegant, revolutionary, and wrong. Well, “wrong” isn’t exactly ...

On 2 April, 1913, Niels Bohr wrote to his wife Margrethe: “My dearest little one. Rutherford should only know that it is you who have to do it all.” Bohr had just had a discussion with Ernest ...

The Bohr atom is unquestionably a landmark in the history of physics. A century after its publication, it has inspired a remarkably diverse and ever-growing field of research. But to fully grasp the ...

Vilhelm Bohr hopes to illuminate the human side of the Nobel-prize winning scientist he called grandpa in a Perimeter Institute lecture this week You can save this article by registering for free here ...

The U.S. also honored a famed scientist last week: Physicist Niels Henrik David Bohr, one of the fathers of atomic fission. President Eisenhower went to Washington’s National Academy of Sciences to ...

Vilhelm Bohr will speak in Waterloo, Ontario, on Wednesday evening about his grandfather's legacy as one of the greatest minds in history. Watch live at 7 p.m. You can save this article by registering ...