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100 1 _aKarachalios, Andreas.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aErich HÜckel (1896–1980)
_h[electronic resource] :
_bFrom Physics to Quantum Chemistry /
_cby Andreas Karachalios.
264 1 _aDordrecht :
_bSpringer Netherlands,
_c2010.
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490 1 _aBoston Studies in the Philosophy of Science,
_x0068-0346 ;
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505 0 _aErich Hückel’s Education and Scientific Awakening: The Path to Quantum Chemistry -- Erich Hückel’s Research Agenda During the 1930s: Underpinning Organic Chemistry with Quantum Theory -- The Controversy Between Erich Hückel and Linus Pauling over the Benzene Problem -- Linus Pauling’s Breakthrough to the Theory of Aromatic Compounds and Hückel’s Reaction -- Hückel’s Efforts to Disseminate His Theory and Its Reception -- Hückel’s Professional Career in National Socialist Germany -- The Postwar Years -- Summary and Concluding Remarks.
520 _aThis study, the first comprehensive account of Erich Hückel'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. Hückel began his career by studying quantum physics in Göttingen, but his background in chemistry led him to take up pioneering research on the physics of chemical bonding. Drawing on a variety of sources, Andreas Karachalios offers a probing account of fast-breaking developments in quantum theory that paved the way for Hückel's research. In Göttingen and later in Leipzig, Hückel interacted with leading figures not only in quantum physics and physical chemistry but also with others in nearby fields, including organic chemistry and mathematics. During his later career in Marburg, Hückel clashed with Linus Pauling over the properties of the benzine molecule. In order to appreciate this controversy, Karachalios gives a brief account of the mathematical formalism of spin invariants, with both Hückel and Pauling used in their analyses, though with different interpretations. This serves not only to clarify their differences but also to illustrate the importance of the quantum-mechanical theory of resonance for chemistry at this time.
650 0 _aChemistry.
650 0 _aChemistry, Physical organic.
650 0 _aScience
_xPhilosophy.
650 0 _aQuantum theory.
650 1 4 _aChemistry.
650 2 4 _aChemistry/Food Science, general.
650 2 4 _aPhilosophy of Science.
650 2 4 _aPhysical Chemistry.
650 2 4 _aQuantum Physics.
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830 0 _aBoston Studies in the Philosophy of Science,
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