‘Zur Quantentheorie der Linienstruktur und der anomalen Zeemaneffekte,’ pp. 273-297 in Zeitschrift für Physik, 8. Band, 5. Heft, 15 February 1922

by Werner Heisenberg

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First edition

Berlin: Julius Springer, 1922. First edition of Heisenberg’s first published paper, journal issue in original printed wrappers, describing his ‘core model’ of the atom and its application to solve the problems of the multiplet structure in atomic spectra and the anomalous Zeeman effect, which had defeated all previous attempts. “Just a year after entering Sommerfeld’s program, Heisenberg amazed his teacher by

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