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Also Known As Aage Niels Bohr
Born June 19, 1922 • Copenhagen • Denmark
Died September 8, 2009 (aged 87) • Copenhagen • Denmark
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1975)
Notable Family Members father Niels Bohr
Subjects Of Study asymmetry • atomic nucleus
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