Download or read book Niels Bohr's Times written by Abraham Pais and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pais (Subtle is the Lord) now turns to Niels Bohr to illuminate the life and thought of this giant of 20-century physics. Bohr played a major role in shaping the theory of the atomic nucleus; he decoded the atomic spectrum of hydrogen--founding the quantum dynamics of atoms; and his concept of complementarity (which provides philosophical underpinning for quantum theory) qualifies him as one of the 20th century's greatest philosophers. An essential for all science related collections. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR