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    QUANTUM CHEMISTRY
    Classic Scientific Papers

    edited by Hinne Hettema (University of Auckland)

    Contents (131k)
    Preface (59k)
    Brief Technical Notes (182k)
    Philosophical and Historical Introduction (287k)
    Chapter 1: On the Quantum Theory of Molecules (410k)
    Chapter 4: On The Theory of the Interaction Between Electronic and Nuclear Motion for Three-Atomic, Bar-Shaped Molecules (439k)

    Chemical physics is presently a very active field, where theoretical computation and accurate experimentation have led to a host of exciting new results. Among these are the possibility of state-to-state reactive scattering, the insights in non-adiabatic chemistry, and, from the computational perspective, the use of explicitly correlated functions in quantum chemistry. Many of these present-day developments use ideas, derivations and results that were obtained in the very early days of quantum theory, in the 1920s and 1930s.

    Much of this material is hard to study for readers not familiar with German. This volume presents English translations of some of the most important papers. The choice of material is made with the relevance to present-day researchers in mind. Included are seminal papers by M Born and J R Oppenheimer, J von Neumann and E Wigner, E A Hylleraas, F London, F Hund, H A Kramers, R de L Kronig and F Hückel, among others.

     
    Contents:
    • Nuclear and Electronic Motion:
      • M Born and R Oppenheimer, Ann. Phys. (Leipzig). 84, 457 (1927)
      • J von Neumann and E Wigner, Phys. Z. 30, 467 (1929)
      • F London, Z. Phys. 74, 143 (1932)
      • R Renner, Z. Phys. 92, 172 (1934)
    • Theory of Atoms:
      • E A Hylleraas, Z. Phys. 48, 469 (1929)
      • E A Hylleraas, Z. Phys. 54, 347 (1929)
      • E A Hylleraas, Naturwissenschaften 17, 982 (1930)
      • E A Hylleraas, Z. Phys. 65, 209 (1930)
    • Theory of the Chemical Bond:
      • W Heitler & F London, Z. Phys. 44, 455 (1927)
      • F London, Z. Phys. 46, 455 (1928)
      • E A Hylleraas, Z. Phys. 71, 739 (1931)
    • Spectroscopy:
      • F Hund, Z. Phys. 36, 657 (1926)
      • F Hund, Z. Phys. 40, 742 (1927)
      • G Wentzel, Z. Phys. 43, 524 (1927)
      • E Fues, Z. Phys. 43, 726 (1927)
      • F Hund, Z. Phys. 43, 805 (1927)
      • R de L Kronig, Z. Phys. 50, 347 (1928)
      • E Wigner and E E Witmer, Z. Phys. 51, 859 (1928)
      • H A Kramers, Z. Phys. 53, 422 & 429 (1929)
      • R de L Kronig, Z. Phys. 62, 300 (1930)
    • Intermolecular Interactions:
      • R Eisenschitz and F London, Z. Phys. 60, 491 (1930)
      • F London, Z. Phys. 63, 245 (1930)
      • F London, Z. Phys. Chem. B11, 222 (1930)
      • H Eyring and M Polanyi, Z. Phys. Chem. B12, 279 (1931)
    • Approximative Methods:
      • E Hückel, Z. Phys. 70, 204 (1931)
     
    Readership: Physical chemists, chemical physicists and spectroscopists.
     
    “It is a laudable effort by Hettema to select, introduce and translate a well chosen set of papers by pioneers in the field from the original German into English and to make them available to a wider readership …”
    International Journal of Quantum Chemistry

     
    “It will have a lasting value for theoretical chemists and science historians.”
    Structural Chemistry
     
    “… is a finely produced, useful, and highly thought-provoking book.”
    Physics Today
     
    520pp    Pub. date: Mar 2000  
    ISBN:   978-981-02-2771-5
    981-02-2771-X
       US$106 / £74

     


    520pp    Pub. date: Mar 2000  
    ISBN:   978-981-279-576-2(ebook)
    981-279-576-6(ebook)
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