It all started while I was trying to pass a chemistry test on quantum numbers. I eventually entered my “Quantum Table” chart in the UCF Engineering Contest, where it won 2nd place. The first photograph below was taken that day.
Some of my original development notes are shown next, illustrating how I worked toward the first Quantum Table. The early atom diagram was relatively simple and still used the traditional s, p, d, and f notation.
Two early papers are also included. The first was prepared as a class project at UCF. The second followed in 1983, when I presented my work to the engineering team at Martin Marietta’s Microelectronics Center.
Over the years, I continued modifying and expanding the original Quantum Table, experimenting with different names, layouts, and styles. One version was printed in black and red and sold through the UCF bookstore, accompanied by the advertisement shown below.
The later images include some of my early work on the Nuclear Quantum Table, followed by additional developments in atomic and nuclear structure. The final image is my first sketch of what eventually became the Gluon chart, drawn in 2016.
