id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_wubsz2caongeplss3ljbbgdcoi Peter Vickers Historical magic in old quantum theory? 2010 27 .pdf application/pdf 10214 789 68 Two successes of old quantum theory are particularly notable: Bohr's prediction of the spectral lines of ionised helium, and Sommerfeld's prediction of the fine-structure of the hydrogen spectral introduce the old quantum theory (OQT) of Bohr and Sommerfeld as one such relevant the theories of Bohr and Sommerfeld achieved both types of predictive success: usenovel for lines already known about, and temporally-novel for lines not known about at Sommerfeld in his theory of the fine structure of the hydrogen lines achieved such a Sommerfeld's theory was not very successful, and so they don't need to make a realist However, in this case the level of success of the theory is clear: Sommerfeld derived the done much of the work required to explain the success of Bohr's derivation in realist Bohr's derivation are still true according to the new quantum theory. same fine structure formula as Sommerfeld's theory.30 ./cache/work_wubsz2caongeplss3ljbbgdcoi.pdf ./txt/work_wubsz2caongeplss3ljbbgdcoi.txt