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Shelter Island Conference on Quantum Mechanics in Valence Theory, 1951

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Shelter Island Conference on Quantum Mechanics in Valence Theory was held in 1951. It was sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences.

The Nobel laureate Robert S. Mulliken organized the meeting. The other participants were

In 1981, J.C. Light wrote, in an issue of The Journal of Physical Chemistry, that it presented papers from a conference that was "merely the latest in a long sequence of ... conferences ... on theoretical chemistry spanning 3 decades ..." followed by a list that began with the Shelter Island conference.[2] In 1996, Parr wrote "The fall of 1951 was an exciting time for quantum chemistry ... the Shelter Island Conference on Quantum-Mechanical Methods in Valence Theory ... was singularly important ... ".[3]

References

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  1. ^ Robert G. Parr and Bryce L. Crawford. National Academy of Sciences Conference on Quantum-Mechanical Methods in Valence Theory, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 38, 547--554, 1952.
  2. ^ J.C. Light, American Conference on Theoretical Chemistry: Introductory Remarks. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 86, 2111-12, 1982
  3. ^ R.G. Parr, The Genesis of a Theory, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 37, 327--347, 1996.