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Some view the birth of quantum chemistry as starting with the discovery of the schrodinger equation and its application to the hydrogen atom in 1926. Learning development institute 2011 number of pages. Handbook of molecular physics and quantum chemistry, volumes 1. Bernath university of waterloo, ontario, canada, and roy mcweeny universita di pisa, italy.
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