The Theory of Spectra and Atomic Constitution: Three Essays
THE THEORY OF SPECTRA AND ATOMIC CONSTITUTION
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS C. F. CLAY, Manager LONDON: FETTER LANE, E.C. 4
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THREE ESSAYS
NIELS BOHR
Professor of Theoretical Physics in the University of Copenhagen
CAMBRIDGE AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1922
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN AT THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
PREFACE
THE three essays which here appear in English all deal with the application of the quantum theory to problems of atomic structure, and refer to the different stages in the development of this theory.
Niels Bohr
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CONTENTS
I.INTRODUCTION
II. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE QUANTUM THEORY SPECTRA
III. DEVELOPMENT OF THE QUANTUM THEORY OF SPECTRA
IV. CONCLUSION
I. PRELIMINARY
II. SERIES SPECTRA AND THE CAPTURE OF ELECTRONS BY ATOMS
III. FORMATION OF ATOMS AND THE PERIODIC TABLE
IV. REORGANIZATION OF ATOMS AND X-RAY SPECTRA
CONCLUSION
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
