Niels Bohr and the Quantum Atom: The Bohr Model of Atomic Structure 1913-1925

摘要

Next year, 2013, is the centenary of the Bohr model of the atom. One hundred years ago, the scene had been set after Max Planck had formulated the need for quanta and Ernest Rutherford had discovered the atomic nucleus. But nobody knew what atoms looked like or how they functioned. In a series of milestone papers, Niels Bohr set atomic understanding on a new path.