Acknowledgments ................................................ ix
Introduction .................................................... 1
Paper 1. Chemistry, Spectroscopy, and the Question of
Reduction ............................................ 13
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Paper 2. The Electronic Configuration Model, Quantum
Mechanics and Reduction .............................. 18
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science,
42: 309-325, 1991.
Paper 3. The Periodic Table and the Electron .................. 35
American Scientist, 85: 546-553, 1997.
Paper 4. How Good Is the Quantum Mechanical Explanation of
the Periodic System? ................................. 43
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Paper 5. Prediction and the Periodic Table .................... 45
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407-452, 2001 (co-authored with J. Worrall).
Paper 6. Löwdin's Remarks on the Aufbau Principle and a
Philosopher's View of Ab Initio Quantum Chemistry .... 91
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A Tribute to the Memory of Per-Olov Löwdin,
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Paper 7. Mendeleev's Legacy .................................. 112
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Paper 8. The Role of Triads in the Evolution of the
Periodic Table: Past and Present .................... 118
Journal of Chemical Education, 85: 585-589, 2008.
Paper 9. The Past and Future of the Periodic Table ........... 123
American Scientist, 96: 52-59, 2008.
Paper 10. The Dual Sense of the Term "Element," Attempts to
Derive the Madelung Rule, and the Optimal Form of
the Periodic Table, If Any .......................... 131
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