Geek Fact for November 18th

By Judy Novotny / 11/18/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1962, Danish physicist Niels Bohr died at the age of 77.

Neils Bohr is best known for his model of the atom. With his model, Bohr explained how electrons could jump from one orbit to another only by emitting or absorbing energy in fixed quanta.

Learn more at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bpbohr.html.

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Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.