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Thanks everyone especially ZapperZ and PhaseShifter, if you can then please explain me what is radial wave function and angular wave function.

Thanks for you reply Now, I know that the shapes of the orbitals are governed by nodes which are the places where probability of finding an electron is zero but how can we know about the shape of these orbitals.

I know that the shape of s orbital is sphere, p orbital is dumbbell shaped and d orbital is like a doughnut but why do these orbitals have these shapes why not some other shape.