Bohr-ing Quotes

[furrbear]

Niels Bohr was born at Copenhagen on this day in 1885. His genius was challenged by his physiologist father, and he entered a competition from the Academy of Sciences to solve a scientific problem - his paper was published in 1908 and won the gold medal. He received his Masters in Physics from Copenhagen University in 1911, his Doctorate in 1913,

Comments

[joebehrsandiego]

If you ever get the chance to see "Copenhagen" ... it's fantastic.

http://plays.about.com/od/reviews/fr/copenhagen.htm

[geometrician]

He's one of my heroes. He also wasn't all that bad looking, and neither was his brilliant, Nobel-winning son Augie.

[geometrician]

Okay, well, I went and looked at photos, and neither of them are what I remember. They are both kind of funny-looking.

But brilliant.

[furrbear]

I always thought Heisenberg was one of the hotties of that era.