Selected Papers on the Periodic Table by Eric Scerri.
Title:
Selected Papers on the Periodic Table by Eric Scerri.
Author:
Scerri, Eric.
ISBN:
9781848164260
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1 online resource (156 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Paper l. Chemistry, Spectroscopy, and the Question of Reduction. Journal of Chemical Education, 68: 122-126, 1991. -- Modern Chemical Education. Too Much So-Called Theory? -- The Periodic Table According to Chemistry or According to Spectroscopy -- A Recent Modification to the Form of the Periodic Table -- other Changes In Electronic Configurations InCluding the Rare Earlhe -- The Actinides A Case Where Spectroscopy Trlumphe over Chemistry? -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- Literature CHed -- Paper 2. The Electronic Configuration Model, Quantum Mechanics and Reduction The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 42: 309-325, 1991. -- ABSTRACT -- I INTRODUCTION -- 2 HISTORICAL -- 3 PRESENT STATUS AND APPLICATIONS -- 4 CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Paper 3. The Periodic Table and the Electron American Scientist, 85: 546-553, 1997. -- The Genesis of the Table -- Magnets and Electrons -- Counting on Quanta -- Quantum Numbers in Question -- The Periodic Table Explained? -- Pragmatic Approximation -- Bibliography -- Paper 4. How Good Is the Quantum Mechanical Explanation of the Periodic System? Journal of Chemical Education, 75: 1384-1385, 1998. -- Literature Cited -- Paper 5. Prediction and the Periodic Table Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 32: 407-452, 2001 (co-authored with J. Worrall). -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Some Preliminary Clarifications and Counterarguments -- 2.1. Publication and Prediction -- 2.2. Why was the Davy Medal Awarded to Mendeleev? -- 2.3. Mendeleev and the Discovery of Gallium -- 2.4. Grounded Confidence about Germanium? -- 2.5. A Methodological Preliminary: Prediction and Prediction -- 3. Brush's Account of the Reception of Mendeleev's Ideas -- 3.1. Some Complications and Tensions in Brush's Analysis.
3.2. Does Brush's Evidence Really Show that the Predictive Successes Carried More Impact? -- 4. The Periodic Table and the 'Periodic Law' -- 5. Evidence and the Periodic Table -- 5.1. Accommodation and the Periodic Table -- 5.2. Exploring Periodicity -- References -- Paper 6. Lowdin's Remarks on the Aufbau Principle and a Philosopher's View of Ab Initio Quantum Chemistry in Fundamental World of Quantum Chemistry: A Tribute to the Memory of Per-Olov Lowdin, E. Brandas, E. Kryachko (eds.), Springer, -- 1. Introduction. -- 2. General approach of this study and ab initio calculations iu science generally. -- 3. What do the terms ab initio and first principles really mean in current quantum chemistry? -- 4. First the elementary approach. -- 5. Transition metal configurations. -- 6. How are configurations derived from the theory? -- 7. Choice of hasis set. -- 8. Qualitative explanation of PT in terms of electrons in shells. -- 9. Ab initio calculations based on wavefunctions. -- 10. Density Functional Approach. -- 11. Density Functional Theory in Practice. -- 12. ConcJusions. -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Paper 7. Mendeleev's Legacy Chemical Heritage, Spring, pp. 22-27, 2007. -- Paper 8. The Role of Triads in the Evolution of the Periodic Table: Past and Present. Journal of Chemical Education, 85: 585-589, 2008. -- Dual Sense of the Concept of "Element" -- Triads -- A Brief History of Triads -- Later Work on Triads -- Mendeleev's Path to Mature Periodic System -- Mendeleev's Use of Triad-Like Concepts To Make Predictions -- Atomic Number Triads -- The New Proposal -- Conclusion -- Note -- Literature Cited -- Supporting JeE Online Material -- Paper 9. The Past and Future of the Periodic Table. American Scientist, 96: 52-59, 2008. -- The Classics -- Bridging the Gaps -- Fetile Ground -- Hindsight -- References.
Paper 10. The Dual Sense of the Term "Element," Attempts to Derive the Madelung Rule, and the Optimal Form of the Periodic Table, If Any International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 109: 959-971, 2 -- The Nature of the Concept of an "Element" -- Optimal Form, If Any, of the Periodic Table -- The Left-Step Table -- Derivation of the n + t -- Rule -- Recent Developments -- Bent and Weinhold on the n + e rule -- The Concept of "Element" Revisited -- A Paper by Schwarz -- Exceptions to the n + C rule -- A Possible Solution -- Conclusions -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- References.
Abstract:
Interviews conducted with Eric Scerri at the Chemical Heritage Foundation on the Periodic Table Part 1. Interviews conducted with Eric Scerri at the Chemical Heritage Foundation on the Periodic Table Part 2. This book contains key articles by Eric Scerri, the leading authority on the history and philosophy of the periodic table of the elements and the author of a best-selling book on the subject. The articles explore a range of topics such as the historical evolution of the periodic system as well as its philosophical status and its relationship to modern quantum physics. This volume contains some in-depth research papers from journals in history and philosophy of science, as well as quantum chemistry. Other articles are from more accessible magazines like American Scientist . The author has also provided an extensive new introduction in order to integrate this work covering a period of two decades. This must-have publication is completely unique as there is nothing of this form currently available on the market. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Introduction (660 KB). Contents: Chemistry, Spectroscopy, and the Question of Reduction; The Electronic Configuration Model, Quantum Mechanics and Reduction; The Periodic Table and the Electron; How Good is the Quantum Mechanical Explanation of the Periodic System?; Prediction and the Periodic Table; Löwdin's Remarks on the Aufbau Principle and a Philosopher's View of Ab Initio Quantum Chemistry; Mendeleev's Legacy; The Role of Triads in the Evolution of the Periodic Table: Past and Present; The Past and Future of the Periodic Table; The Dual Sense of the Term "Elements", Attempts to Derive the Madelung Rule, and the Optimal Form of the Periodic Table, If Any. Readership: Academic readers: philosophers and science historians, science educators, chemists and physicists.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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