Rutherford and Bohr describe atomic structure 1913. Photo: Niels Bohr's research notes for his new atomic theory. In 1911, Niels Bohr earned his PhD in Denmark with a dissertation on the electron ...

Over the years other investigators refined Bohr's theory, but his bold application of new ideas paved the way for the development of quantum mechanics. Bohr went on to make enormous contributions to ...

This "Rutherford model" would form the basis of modern atomic physics and paved the way for the quantum theory later developed by Niels Bohr. THE DISCOVERY OF THE PROTON In 1917, Rutherford made ...

The Theory of Spectra and Atomic Constitution: Three Essays. By Prof. Niels Bohr — The beautiful conception which inspires and co-ordinates practically the whole of modern atomic physics is the ...