Niels Bohr, Niels Henrik David Bohr (1885-1962)
dansk fysiker och fick nobelpriset i fysik 1922
is best known for his work on quantum mechanics and atomic structure, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1922. He later assisted the Americans with the Manhattan Project to build the atom bomb, but after the Second World War he became a strong advocate for arms control, organising the Atoms for Peace conference at Geneva in 1955.
"The brass sculpted head, bearing a single flower, as a memorial to Jan Palach, a Charles University student who burnt himself alive in January 1969 in political protest, so becoming a national hero, Prague Think this is located on the facade of the philosophy building of the university on Namesti Jana Palacha (Jan Palach Square) Bronze death mask by Olbran Zoubek"
