Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
The advent of quantum mechanics has provided a means of treating the interaction of atoms and the formation of molecules and has had very many successes in this field. In particular the phenomenon of the saturation of valence forces appears as a natural consequence of the theory. Nevertheless there are very many difficulties still to be overcome.
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