Which 1923 discovery convinced many physicists that light was composed of photons?
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Compton scattering
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Which 1923 discovery convinced many physicists that light was composed of photons?
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Compton scattering
Bohr adapted Rutherford's nuclear atom to the quantum theory of which physicist?
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Max Planck
Which British laboratory did Bohr visit in 1911 to meet J. J. Thomson?
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Cavendish Laboratory
What was the name of the first Atoms for Peace Award, which Bohr received in 1957?
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Atoms for Peace Award
Which U.S. state was home to Los Alamos, where Bohr visited the Manhattan Project?
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New Mexico
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Which British laboratory did Bohr visit in 1911 to meet J. J. Thomson?
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Cavendish Laboratory
What was the name of the first Atoms for Peace Award, which Bohr received in 1957?
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Atoms for Peace Award
What Latin motto appeared on Niels Bohr's coat of arms?
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contraria sunt complementa
Which Dutch physicist later rediscovered the theorem found in Bohr's 1911 thesis?
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Hendrika Johanna van Leeuwen
In Bohr's 1905 prize experiments, what liquid property did he investigate?
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Surface tension