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.
Physics and Chemistry
- Bohr magneton
- Bohr model
- Bohrium, the chemical element with atomic number 107
- Bohr–Van Leeuwen theorem
- Bohr–Kramers–Slater theory
- Bohr–Einstein debates
- Sommerfeld–Bohr theory
- Bohr's complementarity principle
- Bohr's correspondence principle
Psychophysics
Astronomy
- An asteroid, 3948 Bohr, named after him
- Bohr (crater), a lunar crater
Other
- Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen
- Niels Bohr International Gold Medal
- 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 and an auditorium called Salle Bohr in honour of Niels Bohr
- Niels Bohr Library & Archives of American Institute of Physics
- Cenotaph for Niels Bohr, a conceptual architecture project
- UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal
References
- "Names and symbols of transfermium elements (IUPAC Recommendations 1997)". Pure and Applied Chemistry. 69 (12): 2472. 1997. doi:10.1351/pac199769122471.
- Klinglesmith, Daniel A. III; Risley, Ethan; Turk, Janek; Vargas, Angelica; Warren, Curtis; Ferrero, Andera (January–March 2013). "Lightcurve Analysis Of 3948 Bohr and 4874 Burke: An International Collaboration" (PDF). Minor Planet Bulletin. 40 (1): 15. Bibcode:2013MPBu...40...15K. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.