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OverviewChemists are used to the operational definition of symmetry, which crystallographers introduced long before the advent of quantum mechanics. The ball-and-stick models of molecules naturally exhibit the symmetrical properties of macroscopic objects. However, the practitioner of quantum chemistry and molecular modeling is not concerned with balls and sticks, but with subatomic particles: nuclei and electrons. This textbook introduces the subtle metaphors which relate our macroscopic understanding of symmetry to the molecular world. It gradually explains how bodily rotations and reflections, which leave all inter-particle distances unaltered, affect the study of molecular phenomena that depend only on these internal distances. It helps readers to acquire the skills to make use of the mathematical tools of group theory for whatever chemical problems they are confronted with in the course of their own research. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Arnout Jozef CeulemansPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 4.336kg ISBN: 9789402406139ISBN 10: 9402406131 Pages: 269 Publication Date: 23 August 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsFrom the book reviews: The material in the book is organized into seven chapters. ... In the end of the book, the reader will find solutions to problems, references and an index. ... it provides a valuable source of information for motivated graduate students and researchers interested in applications of group theory in chemistry. (Yuriy V. Rogovchenko, zbMATH, Vol. 1304, 2015) From the book reviews: The material in the book is organized into seven chapters. ... In the end of the book, the reader will find solutions to problems, references and an index. ... it provides a valuable source of information for motivated graduate students and researchers interested in applications of group theory in chemistry. (Yuriy V. Rogovchenko, zbMATH, Vol. 1304, 2015) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |