Maria Goeppert Mayer: atoms, molecules and nuclear shells

Journal Article · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · Phys. Today; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881041· OSTI ID:5210639

Johnson, K E

The mathematical physicist's early work in atomic and molecular physics, and her unfamiliarity with the ''fashions'' in nuclear physics, gave her the ideal preparation for solving the puzzle of the nuclear ''magic numbers.''

• Research Organization: The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106, Japan
• OSTI ID: 5210639
• Journal Information: Phys. Today; (United States), Vol. 39:9
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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