1885-1962

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1885-1962

Niels Bohr

physicist and humanitarian
2003
A biography of the Danish physicist who won a Nobel Prize for his discoveries about the nature of the atom, saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis, and, after helping to develop the atomic bomb, campaigned for peaceful uses of atomic energy.

Niels Bohr's times

in physics, philosophy, and polity
1991
Discusses the history of nuclear physics focusing on Niels Bohr's contributions to the development of this science. Includes chapters on his scientific ideas and his influences over the whole science world.

Suspended in language

Niels Bohr's life, discoveries, and the century he shaped
2004
A biography of twentieth-century Danish physicist Niels Bohr, the father of quantum mechanics, in comic-book format.

Einstein defiant

genius versus genius in the quantum revolution
2004
Discusses the upheaval that swept the scientific world over physicist Albert Einstein's refusal to accept the theory of quantum mechanics advanced by his colleague Niels Bohr.

Invisible things

2010
In an alternate 1930s Europe, sixteen-year-old Sophie and Mikael, now more than a friend, investigate her parents' death, setting off a chain of events that unravels everything she thought she knew about her family, and involving them in international intrigue and the development of the atomic bomb.

Niels Bohr

atomic theorist
2008
An illustrated biography of Danish physicist Niels Bohr, who won the Nobel prize in 1922 for his work on the properties of atoms.

Out of Africa

1983
The author tells of the years she spent from 1914 to 1931 managing a coffee plantation in Kenya.

Out of Africa ; and, Shadows on the grass

1985
The author describes her life on a coffee plantation in Kenya for seventeen years before returning to Denmark in 1931 to write.

Suspended in language

Niels Bohr's life, discoveries, and the century he shaped
2009
A biography of twentieth-century Danish physicist Niels Bohr, the father of quantum mechanics, in comic-book format.

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