Nils Bohr's Biography

Author: Pais
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Publish Date: 2001-05-01
Features: Niels Bohr's life spanned an era of revolutionary changes in science itself, as well as an era when science had a profound impact on society. At the beginning, the reality of the atom was still debated, the structure of the atom remained a matter of speculation, the nucleus had not yet been discovered, and the practical application of atomic energy, whether for good or evil, had not even appeared on the distant horizon. A wide range of readers, especially young readers, enjoy biographies, eager to draw nourishment, motivation, and inspiration from them, and biographies of world-renowned figures are particularly beloved by young people. These figures are among the most influential in history. Most of them have struggled to the forefront of their time, or with their profound wisdom, advanced world civilization, or with their powerful political careers, deeply influenced the course of history, or with their great achievements in the natural sciences, benefited humanity. However, like ordinary people, any famous person or great figure is limited by history and has certain shortcomings. Since its establishment, Commercial Press has always attached great importance to the translation and publication of biographies. Since the 1980s, this translation work has been carried out more systematically, with the support and assistance of the translation community and the reading public, more than 100 works have been published in the form of monographs or popular reading materials. However, due to the past publication of such biographies as separate volumes, they were not easily accessible for systematic study and reference. Therefore, we have decided to first select biographies of representative figures from different eras, countries, and ethnic groups from the previously published works and compile them into this series of "Biographies of World Famous Figures." This year, the first batch of the series will be published, totaling 20 volumes, and will be supplemented annually in the future, with the aim of forming a magnificent and complete series after several years. Since the present series is printed using the original typesetting, the translations have not been reproofread, and the formatting is not entirely uniform; all the original prefaces and postfaces that could be used have been retained, with minor revisions to some of them. For the new translations to be added in the future, we will strive to make them richer in scientific and knowledge-based content while maintaining the detailed and vivid characteristics of the existing selections, thereby better meeting the needs of readers.