Number Theory and the Periodicity of Matter

• Main Authors: Boeyens, Jan C. A. (Author), Levendis, Demetrius C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Inorganic chemistry.; Chemometrics.; Physical chemistry.; Mathematics.; Physics.; Materials science.; Physical Chemistry.; Inorganic Chemistry.; Math. Applications in Chemistry.; Materials Science, general.; Mathematics, general.; Physics, general.

Philosophers have long speculated that a link exists between natural numbers and the physical world... Pythagoras: "...all is number" John Dalton (1803): "...Atoms combine in simple numerical ratios..." Prout’s hypothesis, published anonymously in 1815: "...the elements are...