Neither physics nor chemistry : a history of quantum chemistry

Neither physics nor chemistry : a history of quantum chemistry / Kostas Gavroglu and Ana Simões.

The authors of this book examine the evolution of quantum chemistry into an autonomous discipline, tracing its development from the publication of early papers in the 1920s to the dramatic changes brought about by the use of computers in the 1970s.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gavroglou, Kōstas (Author), Simões, Ana (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012.
Series:Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
Subjects:
Geschichte 1920-2006.
Quantum chemistry > History.
SCIENCE > Chemistry > Physical & Theoretical.
SCIENCE > Chemistry > General.
Quantum chemistry
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Quantum chemistry qua physics: the promises and deadlocks of using first principles
  • 2. Quantum chemistry qua chemistry : rules and more rules
  • 3. Quantum chemistry qua applied mathematics : approximation methods and crunching numbers
  • 4. Quantum chemistry qua programming : computers and the cultures of quantum chemistry
  • 5. The emergence of a subdiscipline : historiographical considerations.

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