Niels Bohr extended quantum ideas to describe the energy of electrons as they arrange themselves around an atomic nucleus, proposing that electron energy comes in discrete levels rather than allowing electrons to have any energy they want.

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Jim Al-Khalili

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[3:59] Neils Boore himself...extended the idea to describe uh the energy of atoms...electrons as they arranged themselves around the atomic nucleus...The energy in of the electrons around the atom also comes in discrete levels discrete values.

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The mind-bending reality of quantum mechanics - with Jim Al KhaliliThe Royal Institution
Created: 8/11/2026, 5:36:17 AM

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