The great extension of our experience in recent years has brought light to the insufficiency of our simple mechanical conceptions and, as a consequen… - Niels Bohr

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The great extension of our experience in recent years has brought light to the insufficiency of our simple mechanical conceptions and, as a consequence, has shaken the foundation on which the customary interpretation of observation was based.

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Niels Henrik David Bohr (7 October 1885 – 18 November 1962) was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr was also a philosopher and a promoter of scientific research.

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Alternative Names: Niels Henrik David Bohr Nicholas Baker N. Bohr N. H. D. Bohr
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