Orbitals, Terms and States by Malcolm Gerloch

Orbitals, Terms and States by Malcolm Gerloch

This concise, highly regarded text on the nature of orbitals, terms, and states offers a fine introduction to quantum chemistry. The treatment is especially suitable for students with a limited mathematical background.
Topics include atomic and molecular spectroscopy, quantum mechanics, and bonding theory. More briefly covered are the expansion theorem and the concept of basic functions, perturbation theory and the variational principle, secular equations and determinants, Slater determinants and antisymmetry, and real versus complex orbitals. Based on the author's years of teaching experience, the mathematical explanations are presented as simply as possible, and the more difficult subjects are explained fully.
An excellent supplement to any chemistry text for undergraduate students in chemistry and related fields.

Gerloch, Malcolm: - Dr. Gerloch retired in 1999 from a career as an academic and research scientist in the field of quantum chemistry in the University of Cambridge. He is an emeritus fellow of Trinity Hall. He and his wife, Gwyneth, have since lived in Canberra, Australia. During his first twenty years of blissful retired domesticity, Malcolm has enjoyed gardening, house renovation and above all, learning to cook in several cuisines. Gwyneth has relinquished the kitchen with mixed feelings. Prior to writing children's books, Malcolm's greatest achievement has been the construction of a dual-manual harpsichord for his wife to play. That was a present to thank her for introducing him to the non-scientific literature of - mostly - the nineteenth and twentieth century European and twentieth century North American writers.

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ISBN 13	9780486842318
ISBN 10	0486842312
Title	Orbitals, Terms and States
Author	Malcolm Gerloch
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Dover Publications Inc.
Year published	2020-09-30
Number of pages	192
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