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A description is given of the “Older Quantum Mechanics” as introduced by Nils Bohr and Arnold Sommerfeld in the years before 1925. Bohr’s postulates are formulated and the atom size is derived from them.
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Arnold Sommerfeld, 1868–1951, German physicist.
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Max Planck, 1858–1947, German physicist, Nobel Prize 1919.
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Ludyk, G. (2018). Quantum Theory Prior to 1925. In: Quantum Mechanics in Matrix Form. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26366-3_1
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