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ERIC Number: EJ310531
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Old Wine in New Bottles: Quantum Theory in Historical Perspective.
Bent, Henry A.
Journal of Chemical Education, v61 n12 p1078-81 Dec 1984
Discusses similarities between chemistry and three central concepts of quantum physics: (1) stationary states; (2) wave functions; and (3) complementarity. Based on these and other similarities, it is indicated that quantum physics is a chemical physics. (JN)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education, Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Science Education, Science History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Note: Plenary address at the Canadian Institute of Chemistry's Annual Meeting (66th, Calgary, Alberta, May, 1983).