caa a22 4500 445838914 CHVBK 20180317145338.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00016-010-0048-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00016-010-0048-z Kragh Helge Department of Science Studies, University of Aarhus, C. F. Møllers Allé, Building 1110, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark aut Resisting the Bohr Atom: The Early British Opposition [Elektronische Daten] [Helge Kragh] When Niels Bohr's theory of atomic structure appeared in the summer and fall of 1913, it quickly attracted attention among British physicists. While some of the attention was supportive, others was critical. I consider the opposition to Bohr's theory from 1913 to about 1915, including attempts to construct atomic theories on a classical basis as alternatives to Bohr's. I give particular attention to the astrophysicist John W. Nicholson, who was Bohr's most formidable and persistent opponent in the early years. Although in the long run Nicholson's objections were inconsequential, for a short period of time his atomic theory was considered to be a serious rival to Bohr's. Moreover, Nicholson's theory is of interest in its own right. Springer Basel AG, 2010 Niels Bohr nationallicence Antonius van den Broek nationallicence Norman R. Campbell nationallicence Arthur W. Conway nationallicence Albert C. Crehore nationallicence Evan J. Evans nationallicence Alfred Fowler nationallicence William D. Harkins nationallicence William M. Hicks nationallicence James H. Jeans nationallicence Joseph Larmor nationallicence Frederick A. Lindemann nationallicence Thomas R. Merton nationallicence Henry G.J. Moseley nationallicence John W. Nicholson nationallicence William Peddie nationallicence Edward C. Pickering nationallicence John S. Plaskett nationallicence J.J. Thomson nationallicence Owen W. Richardson nationallicence Ernest Rutherford nationallicence Johannes R. Rydberg nationallicence Frederick Soddy nationallicence Arnold Sommerfeld nationallicence Ernest D. Wilson nationallicence British Association nationallicence Bohr atom nationallicence spectroscopy nationallicence atomic number nationallicence atomic structure nationallicence astrophysics nationallicence history of atomic physics nationallicence history of quantum physics nationallicence Physics in Perspective SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel 13/1(2011-03-01), 4-35 1422-6944 13:1<4 2011 13 16 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00016-010-0048-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00016-010-0048-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Kragh Helge Department of Science Studies, University of Aarhus, C. F. Møllers Allé, Building 1110, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Physics in Perspective SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel 13/1(2011-03-01), 4-35 1422-6944 13:1<4 2011 13 16 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer