Photo: Niels Bohr's research notes for his new atomic theory Rutherford's find came from a very strange experience. Everyone at that time imagined the atom as a "plum pudding." That is, it was roughly ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American One of the standout anecdotes in Carl ...

Niels Bohr's Nobel Lecture on December 11, 1922, titled The Structure of the Atom, is one of the most significant contributions to our understanding of atomic structure and quantum mechanics. This ...

On 2 April, 1913, Niels Bohr wrote to his wife Margrethe: “My dearest little one. Rutherford should only know that it is you who have to do it all.” Bohr had just had a discussion with Ernest ...

THE beautiful conception which inspires and co-ordinates practically the whole of modern atomic physics is the atomic model of Rutherford and Bohr. Its essential feature-the nucleus-was first put ...