The Greatest Danish Physicists

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1 Niels Bohr

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Famous As: Nobel Prize Winning Physicist

Birthdate: October 7, 1885

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark

Died: November 18, 1962

Nobel Prize-winning Danish physicist Niels Bohr is remembered for his work on the atomic structure and quantum theory. He laid down the Bohr model of the atom and established the Niels Bohr Institute. The element Bohrium has been named after him. He was also part of the British nuclear project.

2 Hans Christian Ørsted

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Famous As: Physicist

Birthdate: August 14, 1777

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Rudkøbing

Died: March 9, 1851

Hans Christian Ørsted was a Danish chemist and physicist. He was the first person to discover that electric currents can be used to create magnetic fields. His discovery was the first relationship found between magnetism and electricity. Oersted, the unit of the auxiliary magnetic field H, is named in his honor.

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3 Aage Bohr

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Famous As: Physicist

Birthdate: June 19, 1922

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark

Died: September 9, 2009

Nobel Prize-winning Danish nuclear physicist Aage Bohr is best remembered for his work related to the geometry of atomic nuclei. Son of Nobel laureate physicist Niels Bohr, Aage had started his career as an assistant to his father and working on the development of the atomic bomb.