Erich Hückel (1896-1980) : from physics to quantum chemistry
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Erich Hückel (1896-1980) : from physics to quantum chemistry
(Boston studies in the philosophy of science, v. 283)
Springer, c2010
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-194) and index
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Emerging disciplines in the border zone between physics and chemistry have 1 attracted the attention of historians of science particularly in the last 20 years. 2 Quantum chemistry, as an offshoot of theoretical chemistry, has recently acquired 3 some importance in the history of chemistry. It is the product of close 1 Cf. Hiebert, E. : Discipline Identi cation in Chemistry and Physics, in: Science in Context, 9(2) (1996), 93-119; Nye, M. J. : Physics and Chemistry: Commensurate or Incommensurate Sciences? in: The Invention of Physical Science, Intersections of Mathematics, Theology and Natural Philosophy since the Seventeenth Century - Essays in Honor of Erwin N. Hiebert. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht 1992; From Chemical Philosophy to Theoretical Chemistry: Dynamics of Matter and Dynamics of Disciplines, 1800-1950. University of California Press, Berkeley 1994; Servos, J. W. : Physical Chemistry from Ostwald to Pauling, the Making of a Science in America. Princeton University Press, New Jersey 1990; Chemical Sciences in the 20th Century: Bridging Boundaries, edited by Carsten Reinhard. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2001 (incl. a comprehensive bibliography).
2 In an earlier article I point out that the term "quantum chemistry" [Quantenchemie] rst appeared in 1929. To my knowledge it was coined by the physicist Arthur Haas. Talks he had del- ered before the Viennese Chemico-Physical Society in the spring of 1929 are assembled in his book: Die Grundlagen der Quantenchemie: Eine Einleitung in vier Vortrage. It was published by the Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft in Leipzig.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction 1 Erich Huckel's Education and Scientific Awakening: The Path to Quantum Chemistry 2 Erich Huckel's Research Agenda during the 1930s: Underpinning Organic Chemistry with Quantum Theory 3 The Controversy between Erich Huckel and Linus Pauling over the Benzene Problem 4 Linus Pauling's Breakthrough to the Theory of Aromatic Compounds and Huckel's Reaction 5 Huckel's Efforts to Disseminate His Theory and Its Reception 6 Huckel's Professional Career in National Socialist Germany 7 The Postwar Years 8 Summary and Concluding Remarks Appendix, I Abbreviations Used for Frequently Cited Journals II Archives III Bibliography
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