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Bohr's early fascination with the nature of matter set him apart from his peers. While other children played, young Niels pondered the mysteries of the cosmos, driven by an insatiable hunger for knowledge. His father encouraged this curiosity, teaching him that science was not merely about accumulating information, but about seeking deeper understanding.
At the age of 10, Bohr witnessed his father's physics experiment involving the behavior of liquid droplets. This sparked a cascade of inquiries in his mind. By his teenage years, the legendary scientific figures of Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein captivated him, but it was J.J. Thomson's discovery of the electron in 1897 that truly haunted his imagination.