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Understanding the Atom

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It took many years and much efforts to understand various issues related to spectral analysis. The origin of spectra and atomic structure were unknown for a long time. This chapter describes development of atomic model.

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Naik, P.V. (2017). Understanding the Atom. In: Meghnad Saha. Springer Biographies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62102-9_5

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