Number Theory and the Periodicity of Matter

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Boeyens, Jan C. A. (Συγγραφέας), Levendis, Demetrius C. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Θέματα: 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.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XV, 374 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781402066603

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 different aggregates of the atoms of primordial hydrogen..." Alexandre Émile Beguyer de Chancourtois (1862): "...the properties of the elements are the properties of numbers..." William Harkins (1921): "...the ratio Z/(A - Z) never exceeds the value 0.62 in atomic species..." Within this book, readers with an interest in mathematics, science or natural philosophy will find this expectation addressed...