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TO THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF NIELS BOR

Niels Bohr and quantum physics

A. B. Migdal

L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Chernogolovka, Moscow region

Abstract: The way of thinking and scientific style of Niels Bohr are discussed in connection with developments of his emotional and spiritual life. Analysis of the papers of Bohr, his predecessors, and his contemporaries reveals that he was a philosopher of physics who had an incomparable influence upon the creation and development of quantum mechanics. His struggle against nuclear weapons is mentioned.

UDC: 530.145(092)

PACS: 01.60.+q, 01.70.+w, 42.50.-p, 32.80.-t

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0147.198510d.0303

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 1985, 28:10, 910–934