I have included this piece of work under communication because that is exactly the purpose of an outline. Outlines organize thoughts for communication. An outline, whether mental or physical, is an essential aspect of any piece of writing. And communication is the purpose of writing. I'll stop before I repeat myself.


Bohr Outline

A. Bohr and Childhood

1) Parents

2) Siblings

  i) Harald and mathematical genius

3) Education


B) Bohr as a Young Man

1) Margrethe

2) Children


C) Bohr as a Family Man


D) Bohr as a Genius

1) Dissertation on Electrons in Metal

2) Work with Rutherford

3) J.J Thompson and Manchester

4) The discovery of quantum mechanics.


E) The Impact of Bohr

1) The world before an accurate model of the atom

2) The world after Bohr


F) The Reaction to Bohr


G) Guess what, the man was right (or, Bohr and the Nobel Prize)


H) Bohr and his Colleagues 

1) Bohr and Heisenberg

2) Bohr and Einstein


I) Bohr and Nuclear Weapons

1) His work on the Manhattan Project

2) His pleas to Roosevelt and Churchill


J) Bohr as a Creative Genius

1) A look at how creativity played a role in Bohr's Discoveries.

  i) Water jets determine surface tension

  ii) The quantum nature of electrons in metals

  iii) The discovery of the structure of the atom

2) How his colleagues contributed to his creativity

3) How his family contributed

  i) Margrethe and her support

  ii) Harald and his mathematical skills in assistance to Niels. 

4) Bohr and Poetry


K) Conclusion

1) Bohr as a human being

2) Bohr as a creative mind

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