Contributions To Physics and Chemistry
- The Bohr model of the atom, the theory that electrons travel in discrete orbits around the atom's nucleus.
- The shell model of the atom, where the chemical properties of an element are determined by the electrons in the outermost orbit.
- The correspondence principle, the basic tool of Old quantum theory.
- The liquid drop model of the atomic nucleus.
- Identified the isotope of uranium that was responsible for slow-neutron fission – 235U.
- Much work on the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.
- The principle of complementarity: that items could be separately analyzed as having several contradictory properties.
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