Niels Bohr
Physicist
Born: 1885
Died: 1962 |
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Proposed the Bohr model of the atom, which stated that electrons in an atom are arranged in shells around the atom's nucleus. |
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Received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. |
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Contributed to the creation of the atomic bomb as a member of the Manhattan Project, a secret effort of the United States government. |
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