A hundred years ago the Danish physicist Niels Bohr published one of the most important papers of the 20th century physics. In that paper, Bohr introduced a model for a one-electron atom built on experimental facts and Planck's hypothesis of the quantization of energy. Although Bohr's model was replaced by the new quantum mechanics due to Heisenberg, Schrödinger, and other important physicists of that period, even today it is the usual entrance door to the fascinating world of the internal structure of the matter. We revise the main features of Bohr's model and discuss its pedagogical relevance.
Niels Bohr; Bohr atom; quantum mechanics
