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physics.hist-ph2008★ 2 cited
Rise and fall of the old quantum theory
Manfred Bucher
The old quantum theory of Bohr and Sommerfeld was abandonned for the wrong reason. Its contradictions were caused not by the orbit concept but by a mental barrier--the inconceivabi…
physics.hist-ph2007★ 4 cited
Coulomb oscillations as a remedy for the helium atom
Manfred Bucher
The largest failure of the old, Bohr-Sommerfeld quantum theory was with the helium atom. It brought about the theory's demise. I show that this failure does not originate, as commo…