Niels Bohr and the quantum atom : the Bohr model of atomic structure, 1913-1925
Helge Kragh (Author)
This comprehensive scientific history presents for the first time a detailed and comprehensive study of the Bohr atom in all its aspects; provides a unique example of theory dynamics that will interest both historians and philosophers; takes into account the reception of the theory and the often critical voices of scientists of a conservative inclination; discusses the chemical aspects of the theory as an integral part; and pays particular attention to the tests of Bohr's theory and the anomalies it faced, thereby giving a clearer picture of its decline and the crisis that led to quantum mechanics.--Adapted from publisher description
Print Book, English, 2012
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Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2012
vi, 410 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780199654987, 0199654980
769989390
Atomic theories before 1913
On the constitution of atoms and molecules
Reception and early developments
The Bohr-Sommerfeld theory
A magic wand
Molecules and other failures
A theory of the chemical elements
Crisis : the end of the Bohr model
Appendix : the philosophers' atom