The article summarizes from the historical, philosophical, and physical point of view the context and basis that led to Bohr´s unorthodox way of thinking and his breakthrough approach to solving physical problems. His three core articles “On the constitution of atoms and molecules” from 1913 represented revolutionary work, unusual both for their style linking contradictory ideas and for their generality and interdisciplinary complexity.
Niels Bohr; Ernest Rutherford; Planck constant; quantum hypothesis; spectral lines; models of atom
ISSN 0300-4414 (print)
ISSN 2788-3485 (online)
founded 1968
Published by Society for the History of Sciences and Technology http://www.sdvt.cz
Pavel Mervart Publishing http://www.pavelmervart.cz/
