Erich H<U+00dc>ckel (1896<U+0013>1980) From Physics to Quantum Chemistry /

• Main Author: Karachalios, Andreas. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 283
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Chemistry, Physical organic.; Science > Philosophy.; Quantum theory.; Chemistry/Food Science, general.; Philosophy of Science.; Physical Chemistry.; Quantum Physics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3560-8

This study, the first comprehensive account of Erich H<U+00fc>ckel's career, examines his scientific work as well as his importance for the emergence of quantum chemistry as an independent discipline in Germany during the 1930s. H<U+00fc>ckel began his career by studying quantum phy...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments; Introduction
• 1 Erich H<U+00fc>ckel<U+0019>s Education and Scientific Awakening: The Path to Quantum Chemistry
• 2 Erich H<U+00fc>ckel<U+0019>s Research Agenda during the 1930s: Underpinning Organic Chemistry with Quantum Theory
• 3 The Controversy between Erich H<U+00fc>ckel and Linus Pauling over the Benzene Problem
• 4 Linus Pauling<U+0019>s Breakthrough to the Theory of Aromatic Compounds and H<U+00fc>ckel<U+0019>s Reaction
• 5 H<U+00fc>ckel<U+0019>s Efforts to Disseminate His Theory and Its Reception
• 6 H<U+00fc>ckel<U+0019>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.