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Biographical information about the physicist Niels Bohr, who was a major figure in the development of quantum mechanics.
Niels Bohr - Biographical Profile
Information about the physicist Niels Bohr, who was key in the development of quantum physics. Bohr devised the simplified Bohr model of the hydrogen atom. He was central to the development of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics.

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