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An Introduction to Theoretical Chemistry

An Introduction to Theoretical Chemistry

An Introduction to Theoretical Chemistry

Jack Simons, University of Utah
April 2003
Hardback
9780521823609

    Jack Simons returns to basics and focuses on the foundations of modern theoretical chemistry. He emphasizes the concepts, tools and equations governing the three main theoretical chemistry sub-disciplines in this introductory-level text. An associated website (http://simons.hec.utah.edu/Theorypage/index.html) supplies supplementary material plus many links to other theoretical chemistry sites. The book contains over fifty multi-part exercises and worked solutions and provides a concise account of modern theoretical chemistry.

    • Contains over 50 multi-part exercises with complete worked solutions
    • Highly illustrated and written in an informal style
    • Supplementary material and links to other relevant sites can be found at http://simons.hec.utah.edu/TheoryPage/index.html

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    Product details

    April 2003
    Hardback
    9780521823609
    476 pages
    254 × 193 × 30 mm
    1.198kg
    118 b/w illus. 59 exercises
    Replaced by 9780521530477

    Table of Contents

    • Part I. Background Material:
    • 1. The basics of quantum mechanics
    • 2. Model problems that form important starting points
    • 3. Characteristics of energy surfaces
    • 4. Some important tools of theory
    • Part II. Three Primary Areas of Theoretical Chemistry:
    • 5. An overview of theoretical chemistry
    • 6. Electronic structure
    • 7. Statistical mechanics
    • 8. Chemical dynamics.