| HIST | Monday, August 20, 2007 | ||
8:50 AM-11:55 AM Seaport -- Plaza C, Oral | |||
Classic Chemistry Books of the Twentieth Century: Spectroscopy | |||
| Official: | Ronald K. Smeltzer | ||
| 8:50 AM | Introductory Remarks | ||
| 9:00 AM | 15 | Spectroscopy and the quantum revolution: Old quantum theory gives way to quantum mechanics Kenneth R. Metz | |
| 9:40 AM | 16 | Spectroscopy and the periodic table: Tribute to Friedrich Hund's Linienspektren und periodisches System der Elemente William Barry Jensen | |
| 10:20 AM | Intermission | ||
| 10:35 AM | 17 | Gerhard Herzberg: Physicist, chemist and astronomer Donald C. Morton | |
| 11:15 AM | 18 | Raising the bar for those who followed: Henry Rowland and the solar spectrum Steven C. Turner | |
Classic Chemistry Books of the Twentieth Century: Spectroscopy -- Next Session
Symposium Grid -- Division of the History of Chemistry -- Session Listing
The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007