Neither Physics Nor Chemistry: A History of Quantum Chemistry

by Ana Isabel Simões, Kostas Gavroglou, Kostas Gavroglu

The evolution of a discipline at the intersection of physics, chemistry, and mathematics.

Quantum chemistry--a discipline that is not quite physics, not quite chemistry, and not quite applied mathematics--emerged as a field of study in the 1920s. It was referred to by such terms as mathematical chemistry, subatomic theoretical chemistry, molecular quantum mechanics, and chemical physics until the community agreed on the designation of quantum...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262016184
• ISBN13: 9780262016186
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher