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Aage Bohr

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Aage Niels Bohr (1922-2009) was a Danish nuclear physicist, the son of physicist Niels Bohr. He shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ben Mottelson and James Rainwater for work explaining the connection between collective and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the resulting non-spherical shapes of certain nuclei.

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Birth Year
1922 1
Birth Date
1922-06-19 1
Death Date
2009-09-08 1
Death Year
2009 1
Field
Nuclear physics 1
Death Place
Copenhagen, Denmark 1
Nationality
Danish 1
Notable Work
Shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ben Mottelson and James Rainwater for explaining the connection between collective and particle motion in atomic nuclei, part of the theory of nuclear structure that accounts for the non-spherical shape of certain atomic nuclei. 1
Birthplace
Copenhagen, Denmark 1
Field
Field (category)
Physics 1
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1. Aage Bohr (Wikipedia)
  • Early life and education section
    Bohr was born in Copenhagen on 19 June 1922, the fourth of six sons of the physicist Niels Bohr and his wife Margrethe Bohr (née Nørlund).
  • Member Of: Institute for Advanced Study, Infobox, workplaces
    Infobox workplaces: Manhattan Project Institute for Advanced Study Columbia University University of Copenhagen
  • Member Of: Columbia University, Infobox, workplaces
    Infobox workplaces: Manhattan Project Institute for Advanced Study Columbia University University of Copenhagen
  • Works In: Physics, Lead sentence
    Aage Niels Bohr (; 19 June 1922-8 September 2009) was a Danish nuclear physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1975 with Ben Roy Mottelson and James Rainwater "for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the
  • Works In: Nuclear Physics, Lead sentence
    Aage Niels Bohr (; 19 June 1922-8 September 2009) was a Danish nuclear physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1975 with Ben Roy Mottelson and James Rainwater "for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the
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