E. Bright Wilson
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This pedagogical classic and essential reference for anyone engaged in research in molecular spectroscopy focuses on the mathematics involved in detailed vibrational analyses of polyatomic molecules. It leads the reader gradually from application of wave mechanics to potential functions and methods of solving the secular determinant. 16 appendices.
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This book is intended to assist scientists in planning and carrying out research. However, unlike most books dealing with the scientific method, which stress its philosophical rationale, this book is written from a practical standpoint. It contains a rich legacy of principles, maxims, procedures and general techniques that have been found useful in a wide range of sciences. While much of the material is accessible to a college senior, the book is...
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When this classic text was first published in 1935, it fulfilled the goal of its authors "to produce a textbook of practical quantum mechanics for the chemist, the experimental physicist, and the beginning student of theoretical physics." Although many who are teachers today once worked with the book as students, the text is still as valuable for the same undergraduate audience. Two-time Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling, Research Professor at the...
