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of the hydrogen atom. Universities in Europe were in the process of making the transition from the predominance of experimental physics to that of theoretical physics, as was the case in the United States. Bridgman, a well-known experimentalist, did, however, champion Kemble's interest in pursuing
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formulation of quantum mechanics. So, it was into this stimulating environment that Kemble went to study and do research with both
Sommerfeld in Munich and Born in Göttingen, on a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1927-1928. Upon his return to the United States, he wrote, with Edward L. Hill, two lengthy
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Mulliken received his doctorate at the University of Chicago in 1921. He did postdoctoral research and study at Harvard 1923-1925 as National Research Council Fellow.
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Harvard, Harrison Randall's infrared spectroscopy laboratory at the
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