Foundations of Chemistry

, Volume 15, Issue 3, pp 327–334 | Cite as

Comment on “Austere quantum mechanics as a reductive basis for chemistry”

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Technical Objection Philosophical View Excited Vibrational State Chemical Intuition Static Electron Density 
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The author is grateful to Hinne Hettema, Cina Foroutan-Nejad and Shahin Sowlati for detailed reading of a previous draft and their fruitful comments and suggestions.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Faculty of ChemistryShahid Beheshti UniversityEvin, TehranIran

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