The 'Hyperbola of Quantum Chemistry': the Changing Practice and Identity of a Scientific Discipline in the Early Years of Electronic Digital Computers, 1945-65.
In 1965, John A. Pople presented a paper entitled 'Two-Dimensional Chart of Quantum Chemistry' to illustrate the inverse relationship between the sophistication of computational methods and the size of molecules under study. This chart, later called the 'hyperbola of quantum chemistry', succinctly s...
| Published in: | Annals of Science Vol. 60; no. 3; pp. 219 - 248 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul2003
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