Walter Heitler
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German theoretical physicist, of Jewish descent through his father Adolf Heitler. Co-author with Fritz London of valence bond theory (Heitler-London theory, 1927), the first application of quantum mechanics to chemical bonding, a foundational milestone of quantum chemistry. Dismissed from Göttingen University in 1933 due to his Jewish origin under Nazi laws, he emigrated with the aid of Max Born, first to Bristol then to Dublin (Institute for Advanced Studies) and finally to Zurich.
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Der Mensch und die naturwissenschaftliche Erkenntnis
1961
Die Frage nach dem Sinn der Evolution
1969
Die Natur und das Göttliche
1974
Elementary Wave Mechanics with Applications to Quantum Chemistry
1956
Gottesbeweise? Und weitere Vorträge
1977
Naturphilosophische Streifzüge
1970
Naturwissenschaft ist Geisteswissenschaft
1972
The Quantum Theory of Radiation
1936
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