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Written for theoretical and chemical physicists, this text emphasizes theory rather than mathematical calculations. It presents the quantum theory of the electronic structure of atoms and explains what that structure is like by presenting the main results of the theory. It is novel in its approach in that it presents a systematic, critical evaluation of some numerical results that have been obtained by Hartree-Fock models. It also treats relativistic atomic theory on a par with the non-relativistic.