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Quantum Chemistry, Second Edition
by John P. Lowe
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Academic Press (1993-06-29)
ISBN: 0124575552
EAN: 9780124575554
Dewy Decimal #: 541.28
Hardcover: 711 pages
Edition: 2
SKU: 07110229
Condition: Good As issued no ja
Comments: Hardback. second Edition. Good condition with lots of notes in first 4 chapters, owners name and writing on flyleaf and owners name on edges; and spine cocked. Issued with illustrated cover and no DJ. Cover is very good. Tight binding and crisp clean text. Nice book.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Praised for its appealing writing style and clear pedagogy, Lowe's Quantum Chemistry is now available in its Second Edition as a text for senior undergraduate- and graduate-level chemistry students. The book assumes little mathematical or physical sophistication and emphasizes an understanding of the techniques and results of quantum chemistry, thus enabling students to comprehend much of the current chemical literature in which quantum chemical methods or concepts are used as tools. The book begins with a six-chapter introduction of standard one-dimensional systems, the hydrogen atom, many-electron atoms, and principles of quantum mechanics. It then provides thorough treatments of variation and perturbation methods, group theory, ab initio theory, Huckel and extended Huckel methods, qualitative MO theory, and MO theory of periodic systems. Chapters are completed with exercises to facilitate self-study. Solutions to selected exercises are included.
PLEASE USE THIS COPY FOR PROMO PIECES AS PER JE
* This new edition
* Assumes little mathematical or physical sophistication
* Emphasizes understanding of the techniques and results of quantum chemistry
* Includes improved coverage of time-dependent phenomena, term symbols, and molecular rotation and vibration
* Provides a new chapter on molecular orbital theory of periodic systems
* Features new exercise sets with solutions
* Includes a helpful new appendix that compiles angular momentum rules from operator algebra
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Customer Reviews
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Good, but not great
Rating  (4)
Date: 2005-12-31
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
If you are looking for an introductory text for Quantum Chemistry, well, here it is. Lowe understands something very important about writing introductory texts, something that most authors don't grasp. That being that an introductory text isn't simply a book that talks about the foundations of the given subject, but also speaks to someone who is inexperienced in the subject. Lowe has this down to almost an art; most subjects are sufficiently explained with little fluff or unneccesary technical jargon. The book isn't quite as expanse as say, McQuarrie's Physical Chemistry, but what is? The essentials are explained with the neccesary depth and any mathematics involved are explained in the Appendices. The book stumbles when Lowe tries to explain more qualitative ideas, like LCAO. Without the structure of mathematics, the book seems to falter quite a bit. After several readings, I still had no idea what Lowe was talking about in the latter sections of chapter 7. Neverless, this is a pretty strong text.
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Excellent!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2004-05-04
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
As an undergraduate chemistry student of Dr. Lowe's at Penn State University, I have learned from his book while taking his course and have found it to be an invaluable resource. Dr. Lowe's presentation is very easy to follow and learn from. I recommend this book to anyone who is taking quantum mechanics. I am taking a graduate level quantum chemistry course next semester, and feel adequately prepared.
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A very good book....
Rating (5)
Date: 2002-09-06
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I am perhaps marginally biased towards Lowe's book, I used it as an undergraduate taking graduate quantum chem with a very fine lecturer. Lowe's book is intended for a general introduction to quantum chemistry & molecular orbital theory - this is a book that will be kept and used even by those chemists who are not physical and/or theoretical chemists. He emphasizes the basics and physical understanding over developing the material in a more pure mathematical fashion. As for the list of errors that the previous reviewer mentioned, I can only wonder if those same errors were the ones corrected on the errata sheet that was handed out to me in class. As I'm finally in graduate school taking quantum again, we're using Levine's text as well as Fayer's text. I think Lowe has prepared me beautifully by having instilled the big picture in my head. If you're really serious about your Q.M., you'd supplement with a physics text anyway (Shankar, Merzbacher, Liboff, etc). But that's more for clearing up the physics details than anything else, IMHO.
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Review of Lowe's Quantum Chemistry
Rating  (3)
Date: 2002-03-03
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
I'm currently finishing up a self-directed course on quantum chemistry. My two principle sources are Lowe's book and Levine's book, and I find that the combination works fairly well. Unlike Levine, Lowe is not a precise writer and often skips details. I have also found mathematical and conceptual mistakes in some parts. You might not notice them in a quick read through but under close scrutiny they present a problem. He's definitely more a chemist than a physicist... The end result is that if I try to read his book first, I inevitably become confused. However, where he shines is in bringing together the big picture in words *once you've already understood the details*. Thus my typical strategy is to read Levine to get a wonderfully detailed and accurate lesson, and then read the same topic in Lowe to bring it all together. If I had to buy only one, Levine is definitely the way to go.
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If I could understand this book, it must be good.
Rating (4)
Date: 2001-12-16
I used this book for guided independent study in my senior year as a Chemical Engineering undergraduate.To learn from this book is easy. Lowe does a great job integrating the mathematics into his work. Some authors tend to get bogged down in math, and others (in my mind incorrectly) insist that you don't need to understand the math to understand quantum chemistry. Lowe strikes the right balance and shows what the mathematics mean, chemically. Additionally, the excercises are well written and useful. Including solutions to some of the excercises is a must for a book of this level, and I'm glad to see it done here. Two complaints: Some color diagrams would make for easier visualization of some of the more difficult topics...and more efforts at introducing computer software commonly used in quantum chemistry (eg. Gaussian) would have been nice. All in all, a good book, much better than most quantum chemistry texts available.
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