Saturday, December 21, 2024 Text is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 licence.

John C. Slater (1900 – 1976)


Noted American physicist and theoretical chemist, recognized for introducing exponential functions which describe atomic orbitals.
Page 1 of 1
John C. Slater
This fact, that all charges are integral multiples of a fundamental unit, is still one of the unexplained puzzles of fundamental physics. It does not in any way contradict electromagnetic theory, but it is not predicted by it, and until we have a more fundamental theory that explains it, we shall not feel that we really understand electromagnetic phenomena thoroughly. Presumably its explanation will not come until we understand quantum theory more thoroughly than we do at present.
Page 1 of 1
© 2009–2013Quotes Privacy Policy | Contact