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  title info:
    title: Erich HÜckel (1896–1980)
    sub title: From Physics to Quantum Chemistry
  name:
    name part: Karachalios, Andreas.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2010
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XVII, 200 p. online resource.
  abstract: This 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.
  table of contents: Erich 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.
  note: by Andreas Karachalios.
  subject:
    topic: Chemistry
  subject:
    topic: Physical chemistry
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy and science
  subject:
    topic: Quantum physics
  subject:
    topic: Chemistry
  subject:
    topic: Chemistry/Food Science, general
  subject:
    topic: Philosophy of Science
  subject:
    topic: Physical Chemistry
  subject:
    topic: Quantum Physics
  classification: QD1-999
  classification: 540
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 283
  identifier: 9789048135608
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3560-8
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    record creation date: 100301
    record change date: 20151103131225.0
    record identifier: 978-90-481-3560-8