#S62 The hydrogen atom and the periodic table
Richard Feynman
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May 14, 202628 May 1964Caltech, Pasadena CA
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The lecture derives the hydrogen atom’s energy levels from the Schrödinger equation, showing how quantized bound states and orbital shapes arise. It then extends these ideas qualitatively to electron shells and the periodic table, explaining valence, shell filling, and some chemical trends.
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