Morowitz, Harold J. The Emergence of Everything [abstract— 60 words]

The Pauli exclusion principle states that only one electron in an atom can have the same four quantum numbers. This leads to the energy level structure of atoms and the result is the periodic table of the elements, the rules of covalent bonding, ionic bonding, and metallic bonding, and the bulk properties of solids, liquids, and gases. In short, all of chemistry