Niels Bohr Collected Works
The Niels Bohr Archive has been responsible for the publication of the Niels Bohr Collected Works. After Léon Rosenfeld (1904-1974) had served as General Editor of the first three volumes, Erik Rüdinger continued the task for volumes 5 through 9 (volume 7 jointly with Finn Aaserud). Finn Aaserud is General Editor of volumes 10, 11 and 12.
The Collected Works have also been published as e-books, which can be accessed at this address from computers at the University of Copenhagen. The series has also been published in Chinese, translated by Professor Ge Ge.
The original volumes are published by North-Holland/Elsevier and are as follows:
Vol. 1: Early Work (1905-1911) (ed. J. Rud Nielsen), 1972.
[Contents]
- General introduction
- Foreword
- Abbreviated titles of periodicals
- Niels Bohr: Biographical sketch
- Part I: Surface tension of water
- Part II: Electron theory of metals
- Part III: Selected family correspondence 1909-1916
- Inventory of manuscripts in the Niels Bohr Archive
- Index
Vol. 2: Work on Atomic Physics (1912-1917) (ed. Ulrich Hoyer), 1981.
[Contents]
- Editors' foreword
- Abbreviated titles of periodicals
- Part I: Absorption of charged particles
- Part II: Constitution of atoms and molecules
- Part III: Consolidation of the quantum theory of the atom
- Part IV: Selected correspondence 1912-1917
- Inventory of manuscripts in the Niels Bohr Archive
- Index
Vol. 3: The Correspondence Principle (1918-1923) (ed. J. Rud Nielsen), 1976.
[Contents]
- Foreword
- Abbreviated titles of periodicals
- Part I: The correspondence principle
- Part II: Selected correspondence 1917-1923
- Index
Vol. 4: The Periodic System (1920-1923) (ed. J. Rud Nielsen), 1977.
[Contents]
- Foreword
- Part I: Atomic structure
- Part II: Selected correspondence 1920-1924
- Inventory of manuscripts in the Niels Bohr Archive
- Index
Vol. 5: The Emergence of Quantum Mechanics (mainly 1924-1926) (ed. Klaus Stolzenburg), 1984.
[Contents]
- General Editor's Preface
- Foreword to Volume 5
- Contents
- Abbreviated Titles of Periodicals
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Part I: The Theory of Bohr, Kramers and Slater
- Part II: Matrix Mechanics and Spinning Electrons
- Part III: Selected Correspondence (Mainly 1924–1926)
- Inventory of relevant manuscripts in the Niels Bohr Archive
- Index
Vol. 6: Foundations of Quantum Physics I (1926-1932) (ed. Jørgen Kalckar), 1985.
[Contents]
- Foreword
- Abbreviated titles of periodicals
- General introduction to volumes 6 and 7
- Part I: The emergence of the complementarity argument
- Part II: Further elucidation of the complementarity argument
- Part III: General aspects of physical description
- Part IV: Selected correspondence (mainly 1926 - 1930)
- Inventory of relevant manuscripts in the Niels Bohr Archive
- Index
Vol. 7: Foundations of Quantum Physics II (1933-1958) (ed. Jørgen Kalckar), 1996.
[Contents]
- General Editor's preface
- Part I: Relativistic Quantum Theory
- Part II: Complementarity: Bedrock of the Quantal Description
- Part III: Selected Correspondence
- Inventory of relevant manuscripts in the Niels Bohr Archive
- Index
Vol. 8: The Penetration of Charged Particles through Matter (1912-1954) (ed. Jens Thorsen), 1987.
[Contents]
- Foreword
- Abbreviated titles of periodicals
- Part I: The Classical Theory
- Part II: General Theory of Penetration
- Part III: Selected Correspondence (1913-1950)
- Inventory of relevant manuscripts in the Niels Bohr Archive
- Index
Vol. 9: Nuclear Physics (1929-1952) (ed. Rudolf Peierls), 1986.
[Contents]
- Foreword
- Abbreviated titles of periodicals
- Part I: Papers and manuscripts relating to nuclear physics
- Part II: Selected correspondence (1929-1949)
- Inventory of relevant manuscripts in the Niels Bohr Archive
- Index
Vol. 10: Complementarity beyond Physics (1928-1962) (ed. David Favrholdt), 1999.
[Contents]
- General Editor's Preface
- Foreword
- Earlier volumes of the Niels Bohr Collected Works
- Abbreviated titles of periodicals
- Other abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- General Introduction, "Complementarity Beyond Physics"
- 1. Bohr's First Published Statements
- 2. Early Origins of Bohr's View
- 3. Outline of Bohr's Philosophical Views.
- Language and the Conditions for Description.
- "We are both spectators and actors"
- Subject and Consciousness
- Psychophysical Parallelism
- Part I: Complementary in biology and related fields
- Part II: Complementary in other fields
- Part III: Papers on Harald Høffding
- Part IV: Historical papers
- Part V: Selected correspondence
Vol. 11: The Political Arena (1934-1961) (ed. Finn Aaserud), 2005.
[ Contents]
- Foreword
- Contents
- Earlier Volumes of the Niels Bohr Collected Works
- Abbreviated Titles of Periodicals
- Other Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Part I. An "Open World"
- Part II. Other Political and Social Involvements
- 1. The Royal Danish Academy
- 2. Establishment of the Danish National Science Foundation
- 3. The Society for the Dissemination of Natural Science
- 4. Scandinavian Scientists, the Institute and the University of Copenhagen
- 5. Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy
- 6. Contact with Mathematicians
- 7. On Football, Cancer, Israel and the Danish Resistance
- Index
Vol. 12: Popularization and People (1911-1962) (ed. Finn Aaserud), 2007.
[Contents]
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Part I. Overview and Popularization
- Part II. People
- 1. Autobiographical
- 2. Celebration of Earlier Scientists
- 3. Physics Teachers and Colleagues
- 4. Family and the Broader Danish Milieu
- Part III
- Selected Correspondence
- Inventory of the Relevant Manuscripts in the Niels Bohr Archive
- Bibliography of Niels Bohr's Publications Reproduced in the Collected Works
- Index
Vol. 13: Cumulative Subject Index (ed. Finn Aaserud), 2008.
