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Life of a Scientist

An Autobiographical Account of the Development of Molecular Orbital Theory

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. Robert S. Mulliken
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Editors:
  1. Bernard J. Ransil

    1. Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

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Table of contents (35 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  2. Early Life in Newburyport

    • Robert S. Mulliken, Bernard J. Ransil
    Pages 1-11

  3. Newburyport High School

    • Robert S. Mulliken, Bernard J. Ransil
    Pages 12-18

  4. MIT: Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

    • Robert S. Mulliken, Bernard J. Ransil
    Pages 19-21

  5. World War I

    • Robert S. Mulliken, Bernard J. Ransil
    Pages 22-23

  6. A Job with the New Jersey Zinc Company

    • Robert S. Mulliken, Bernard J. Ransil
    Pages 24-25

  7. The University of Chicago

    • Robert S. Mulliken, Bernard J. Ransil
    Pages 26-37

  8. NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard, 1923–1925

    • Robert S. Mulliken, Bernard J. Ransil
    Pages 38-49

  9. England and Europe, 1925

    • Robert S. Mulliken, Bernard J. Ransil
    Pages 50-54

  10. Assistant Professor of Physics, New York University at Washington Square, 1926–1927

    • Robert S. Mulliken, Bernard J. Ransil
    Pages 55-58

  11. Europe Again, 1927

    • Robert S. Mulliken, Bernard J. Ransil
    Pages 59-63

  12. Interpretation of Atmospheric Oxygen Bands, 1928

    • Robert S. Mulliken, Bernard J. Ransil
    Pages 64-65

  13. Associate Professor of Physics at Chicago, 1928

    • Robert S. Mulliken, Bernard J. Ransil
    Pages 66-68

  14. Mary Helen

    • Robert S. Mulliken, Bernard J. Ransil
    Pages 69-70

  15. Guggenheim Fellowship, Half 1930, Half 1932

    • Robert S. Mulliken, Bernard J. Ransil
    Pages 71-75

  16. Back to the University of Chicago

    • Robert S. Mulliken, Bernard J. Ransil
    Pages 76-81

  17. Guggenheim II. Europe Again in 1932–1933

    • Robert S. Mulliken, Bernard J. Ransil
    Pages 82-87

  18. Chicago Again, 1933

    • Robert S. Mulliken, Bernard J. Ransil
    Pages 88-105

  19. World War II, 1942

    • Robert S. Mulliken, Bernard J. Ransil
    Pages 106-116

  20. After the War: The Laboratory of Molecular Structure and Spectra

    • Robert S. Mulliken, Bernard J. Ransil
    Pages 117-135
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About this book

Robert S. Mulliken, Nobel Laureate in chemistry, always had the intention to write a book about his field of research: molecular orbital theory. This is his scientific autobiography, edited posthumously by his former student Bernard J. Ransil and complemented with a memoir by Friedrich Hund, his scientific protagonist. Mulliken describes his career and gives an account of the contributions of his friends and colleagues at home and in Europe where he frequently travelled. And last but not least, he gives an accurate history of how the molecular orbital theory originated and how it evolved in an atmosphere of international exchange. The book is written in a particularly lively style, full of reminiscences and scientific facts, interwoven to produce an account of the Life of a Scientist.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Bernard J. Ransil

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Life of a Scientist

  • Book Subtitle: An Autobiographical Account of the Development of Molecular Orbital Theory

  • Authors: Robert S. Mulliken

  • Editors: Bernard J. Ransil

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61320-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-64791-8Published: 18 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-61320-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 256

  • Topics: Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics, Quantum Physics

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