I: Here we have the pleasure of speaking with Niels Bohr!
B: Hello!
I: To start off, when are you from?
B: I was born on October 7, 1885 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
I: Tell us a little bit about yourself.
B: Well, I attended Copenhagen University.
I: What did you do there?
B: I uh, earned my Master's Degree in Physics along with my Doctrine
Degree in 1909-1911.
I: Did you work under any teacher?
B: I did work under J.J. Thomson in Cambridge.
I: Anything significant happen there?
B: While I was there, my work in the absorbtion of the alpha rays was
published in "Philosophical Magazine."
I: How interesting! What else?
B: Well, Thomson inspired me to look into the atom.
I: And what did you come up with?
B: So, I looked into Rutherford's model and began to think about the structure
of the electrons and the nucleus.
I: What did you discover?
B: I discovered that electrons should move around in certain orbits.
I: Oh! How did you figure that?
B: So, I borrowed conceptions from the Quantum Theory established
by Planck.
I: That is so cool! Do you have a theory for it?
B: I proposed a theory on the Hydrogen Atom... Energy is transferred only in
certain well-defined quantities.
I: Tell us more!
B: Well, electrons have constant energy and are constantly moving...
So i call these orbits energy level.
I: Well, what do they do?
B: I suggest that if the electrons gains energy it jumps into a higher orbits
farther away from the nucleus.
I: What if they lose energy?
B: If they lose energy they fall into an orbit closer to the nucleus.
I: Wait how does the energy in the electrons work?
B: So, I used the formula of En = −Rhen3 to predict the energy level of each.
I: Wow! that is so smart! You mentioned something about color Earlier?
B: Oh! yes, the color white, I think white itself is not a color, but all the colors scrambled
together.
I: How does that fit into all your other work?
B: Well, there is something called the atomic spectra.
I: Please do explain?
B: Electrons have defined energy levels so there are only few possible energies of light
that could be released when the electrons fall and jump into different orbits.
I: How was this theory accepted?
B: It works on an atom with only one atom, but unfortunately was proven wrong with an atom with
more that 1 atom.
I: Why?!
B: My model successfully predicts four colored lines in the hydrogen atomic spectrum.
But it does not apply an atom with multiple electrons due the differences in physics and quantum
physics.
I: Oh that is unfortunate!
B: Yes it is, well at least I was awarded a nobel prize for some of my work.
I: Wow! well it was so nice speaking with you!
B: My pleasure!!
B: Hello!
I: To start off, when are you from?
B: I was born on October 7, 1885 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
I: Tell us a little bit about yourself.
B: Well, I attended Copenhagen University.
I: What did you do there?
B: I uh, earned my Master's Degree in Physics along with my Doctrine
Degree in 1909-1911.
I: Did you work under any teacher?
B: I did work under J.J. Thomson in Cambridge.
I: Anything significant happen there?
B: While I was there, my work in the absorbtion of the alpha rays was
published in "Philosophical Magazine."
I: How interesting! What else?
B: Well, Thomson inspired me to look into the atom.
I: And what did you come up with?
B: So, I looked into Rutherford's model and began to think about the structure
of the electrons and the nucleus.
I: What did you discover?
B: I discovered that electrons should move around in certain orbits.
I: Oh! How did you figure that?
B: So, I borrowed conceptions from the Quantum Theory established
by Planck.
I: That is so cool! Do you have a theory for it?
B: I proposed a theory on the Hydrogen Atom... Energy is transferred only in
certain well-defined quantities.
I: Tell us more!
B: Well, electrons have constant energy and are constantly moving...
So i call these orbits energy level.
I: Well, what do they do?
B: I suggest that if the electrons gains energy it jumps into a higher orbits
farther away from the nucleus.
I: What if they lose energy?
B: If they lose energy they fall into an orbit closer to the nucleus.
I: Wait how does the energy in the electrons work?
B: So, I used the formula of En = −Rhen3 to predict the energy level of each.
I: Wow! that is so smart! You mentioned something about color Earlier?
B: Oh! yes, the color white, I think white itself is not a color, but all the colors scrambled
together.
I: How does that fit into all your other work?
B: Well, there is something called the atomic spectra.
I: Please do explain?
B: Electrons have defined energy levels so there are only few possible energies of light
that could be released when the electrons fall and jump into different orbits.
I: How was this theory accepted?
B: It works on an atom with only one atom, but unfortunately was proven wrong with an atom with
more that 1 atom.
I: Why?!
B: My model successfully predicts four colored lines in the hydrogen atomic spectrum.
But it does not apply an atom with multiple electrons due the differences in physics and quantum
physics.
I: Oh that is unfortunate!
B: Yes it is, well at least I was awarded a nobel prize for some of my work.
I: Wow! well it was so nice speaking with you!
B: My pleasure!!