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Ana Isabel Simões is Assistant Professor, History of the Natural Sciences, at the University of Lisbon, Portugal. She had finished her thesis on Converging trajectories, diverging traditions: Chemical bond, valence, quantum mechanics and chemistry, 1927-1937 in 1993 under the guidance of S.G. Brush, University of Maryland.
This direction continues to constitute a major part of her present research interests. |
| The publications of A. Simões cover people like G.N. Lewis, N.V. Sidgwick, R.S. Mulliken, and C.A. Coulson - then time-dependent phenomena like the beginnings of quantum chemistry in Germany and in Britain. The latest list of publications of Ana Simões may be found here. |
| A really revealing, lively and interesting article : Ana Simões and Kostas Gavroglu, Issues in the History of Theoretical and Quantum Chemistry, 1927—1960. may be found right here. You simply must read that one - I love it, it catches much of the spirit of these early days (at least that's what this website thinks)! |
| And another one, as well a MUST, with many portraits addes by this
website : Kostas Gavroglu and Ana Simões , The Americans, the Germans, and the beginnings of quantum chemistry: The confluence of diverging traditions. Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences, 25(1), 47-110 (1994). It may be found on this website here. Same comment as above, an excellent paper! A bit bulky with 400 KB (some 60 printed pages, pictures), but no sense cutting it any smaller due to the dynamic referencing used. Sorry, you modem folks - but (without irony) how about a cup of coffee while loading? |