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... hasn't it? A commentary on Eric Scerri's Paper ``Has Quantum Mechanics Explained the Periodic Table?''

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  1. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA and

    Bretislav Friedrich

  2. Department of Molcular Physics, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, D-14195, Berlin, Germany

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Friedrich, B. ... hasn't it? A commentary on Eric Scerri's Paper ``Has Quantum Mechanics Explained the Periodic Table?'' . Foundations of Chemistry 6, 117–132 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:FOCH.0000020999.69326.89

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