The Americans, the Germans, and the beginnings of quantum chemistry: The confluence of diverging traditions

Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 47-110

  Gavroglu, Kostas ^a   Simoes, Ana ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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EID: 84968181338     PISSN: 08909997     EISSN: 15338355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/27757735     Document Type: Article

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