Erich Hckel (1896-1980): From Physics to Quantum Chemistry [Hardcover]

This comprehensive account of Huckels career examines his scientific work and his key role in the emergence of quantum chemistry as an independent discipline. It also covers his clash with Linus Pauling over the properties of the benzene molecule.

Acknowledgments; Introduction1 Erich H?ckels Education and Scientific Awakening: The Path to Quantum Chemistry2 Erich H?ckels Research Agenda during the 1930s: Underpinning Organic Chemistry with Quantum Theory3 The Controversy between Erich H?ckel and Linus Pauling over the Benzene Problem4 Linus Paulings Breakthrough to the Theory of Aromatic Compounds and H?ckels Reaction5 H?ckels Efforts to Disseminate His Theory and Its Reception6 H?ckels Professional Career in National Socialist Germany7 The Postwar Years8 Summary and Concluding RemarksAppendix, I Abbreviations Used for Frequently Cited JournalsII ArchivesIII Bibliography

From the reviews:

Andreas Karachalios produced a well researched and meticulously documented biography of Erich H?ckel & . It is readable and contains a considerable amount of theoretical chemistry that allows not only the evaluation of H?ckels oeuvre, but informs also about the early development of quantum chemistry in the 1920s and 1930s. It is warmly recommended to all theoretical and computational chemists and to all others who are interested in the history of chemistry during the first third of the twentieth century.??? (Istvan Hargittai, Structural Chemistry, Vol. 21, 2010)

This is an important and much needed book.? I consider it a must buy for historians of quantum chemistry.? Now what we need next is an English translation of H?ckles autobiography.? Chemical Heritage Foundation, are you listening? Dr. E. Thomas Strom, Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry, university of Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019-0065

With kind permission of? Bulletin for the History of Chemistry, vol 35, NlÛ