For the new century issue of the journal Theoretical Chemistry Accounts the advisory editors identified papers from the first century of theoretical chemistry and discussed their importance for the 20th century with an eye towards the 21st century. Sixty-six such perspectives are published in this issue. To make this collection available to younger scientists for entertaining reading and re-reading of the original publications, the publisher decided to reprint a special edition of the issue.
For the new century issue of the journal Theoretical Chemistry Accounts the advisory editors identified papers from the first century of theoretical c...