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The path to the quantum atom
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John L. Heilbron describes the route that led Niels Bohr to quantize electron orbits a century ago.
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Aaserud, F. & Heilbron, J. L.Love, Literature, and the Quantum Atom: Niels Bohr's 1913 Trilogy Revisited (Oxford University Press, 2013).
Bohr, N.Philos. Mag.26, 1–25 (1913).
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John L. Heilbron is emeritus professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.,
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