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Dewey Class	509
Title	Niels Bohr ( EBook) : On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules / / edited by Helge Kragh.
Added Personal Name	Kragh, Helge
Other name(s)	SpringerLink (Online service)
Edition statement	1st ed. 2022.
Publication	Cham : : Springer International Publishing : : Imprint: Birkhäuser, , 2022.
Physical Details	X, 193 p. 5 illus. : online resource.
Series	Classic Texts in the Sciences 2365-9971
ISBN	9783030976644
Summary Note	Niels Bohr’s atomic theory of 1913 is one of the absolute highlights in the history of modern science. It was only with this work that physicists realized that quantum theory is an essential ingredient in atomic physics, and it was also only with this work that Rutherford’s nuclear model dating from 1911 was transformed into a proper theory of atomic structure. In a longer perspective, Bohr’s quantum atom of 1913 gave rise to the later Heisenberg-Schrödinger quantum mechanics and all its marvellous consequences. This book is a detailed account of the origin of the Bohr atom centred around his original scientific articles of 1913 which are here reproduced and provided with the necessary historical background. In addition to the so-called trilogy – the three papers published in Philosophical Magazine – also two other and less well-known yet important papers are included. The present work starts with a condensed biographical account of Bohr’s life and scientific career, from his birth in Copenhagen in 1885 to his death in the same city 77 years later. It then proceeds with a chapter outlining earlier ideas of atomic structure and tracing Bohr’s route from his doctoral dissertation in 1911 over his stays in Cambridge and Manchester to the submission in April 1913 of the first part of the trilogy. The reproduction of Bohr’s five articles is followed by notes and comments directly related to the texts, with the aim of clarifying some of the textual passages and to explicate names and subjects that may not be clear or well known. The reception of Bohr’s radically new theory by contemporary physicists and chemists is discussed in a final chapter, which deals with the immediate reactions to Bohr's theory 1913-1915 mostly among British, German and American scientists. Historians of science have long been occupied with Bohr’s atomic theory, which was the subject of careful studies in connection with its centenary in 2013. The present work offers an extensive source-based account of the original theory aimed at a non-specialist audience with an interest in the history of physics and the origin of the quantum world. In 1922 Bohr was awarded the Nobel Prize for his theory. The coming centenary will undoubtedly cause an increased interest in how he arrived at his revolutionary picture of the constitution of atoms and molecules.:
Contents note	1. Introduction -- 2. Bohr in Brief -- 3. Roads to the Trilogy -- 4. Reproductions of Texts -- 5. Notes to the Texts -- 6. Reception and Impact -- 7. Bibliography.
Mode of acces to digital resource	Digital reproduction.-
	Cham :
	Springer International Publishing,
	2022. -
	Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) or Firefox 2.0 (or higher). Available as searchable text in PDF format.
System details note	Online access to this digital book is restricted to subscription institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users).
Internet Site	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97664-4
Links to Related Works	Subject References: History of Physics and Astronomy . History of Science . Physics—History . Science—History . Authors: editor . Kragh, Helge . Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service) . Series: Classic Texts in the Sciences . Classification: 509 .

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