When the atom went quantum

Bohr's revolutionary atomic theory turns 100

A.B. Lagrelius and Westphal, adapted by S. Egts

Before Niels Bohr, atoms baffled science’s brightest brains.

A.B. Lagrelius and Westphal, adapted by S. Egts

ATOMIC HISTORY | The idea of an essential building block of matter is ancient. Greeks came up with the word for atom, but most insights into its true structure and behavior have been recent.