"... one can still say that quantum mechanics is the key to understanding magnetism. When one enters the first room with this key there are unexpected rooms beyond, but it is always the master key that unlocks each door."
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John Hasbrouck van Vleck, Quantum Mechanics, The Key to Understanding Magnetism, Nobel Lecture (December 8, 1977).
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