Mathematician:John Clarke Slater

Mathematician

American physicist who made major contributions to the theory of the electronic structure of atoms, molecules and solids.

Nationality

American

History

• Born: December 22, 1900 in Oak Park, Illinois
• Died: July 25, 1976 on Sanibel Island, Florida

Theorems and Definitions

• Bohr-Kramers-Slater (BKS) Theory (with Niels Henrik David Bohr and Hendrik Anthony Kramers)
• Slater-Type Orbital
• Slater Determinant

Publications

• 1955: Modern Physics
• 1960: Quantum Theory of Atomic Structure
• 1963 -- 1974: Quantum Theory of Molecules and Solids (4 vols)
• 1975: Solid-State and Molecular Theory: A Scientific Biography