Stern and Gerlach: How a Bad Cigar Helped Reorient Atomic Physics

2003/12/01 by Břetislav Friedrich, D. R. Herschbach · 1 voice · 1 citation
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #History and advancements in chemistry #Quantum Mechanics and Applications

paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.1650229

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Abstract

The history of the Stern–Gerlach experiment reveals how persistence, accident, and luck can sometimes combine in just the right ways.

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