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Summary: Quantum Chemistry in a not so accessible way
Review: Although the book presents a deep exposition of the subject the want for clarity is almost overwhelming. Not many pictures and the extensive use of Dirac's notation makes it dense and a bit dull to read especially at the undergraduate level. This is in stark contrast with the author's excellent book 'Physical Chemistry'. The older and classic books explain things much better imho. This review refers to the 4th edition.
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Summary: Amazing book!
Review: I am amazed at the sheer depth of detail that Levine succeeds in conveying while somehow keeping the subject highly organized and extremely readbale. Like a good teacher, he has a knack for anticipating your questions and problems and addresses them. He also seems to know exactly which points deserve attention and emphasis, and which odn't. His constant referencing of previous equations even when not absolutely necessary minimizes the student's chance of getting lost or forgetting previous material and not remember where to find it again. Very mathematical, but all required mathematics are expertly reviewed before being introduced. My only complaints are a few critical typos in the angular momentum section, and the fact that that section and the section on symmetry could have been more clearly presnted (especially the section on symmetry!). But overall, nobody's perfect, and this is as close as you get. Definitely a class about Lowe's textbook.
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: I had written a review of the 4th edition, published in International Journal of Quantum Chemistry,vol. 43, 439-441 (1992). This 5th edition is about 100 pages longer than the 4th one. All the new material it contains is clearly listed in the preface.I still highly recommend this book. I regret however that no paperback edition seems to be available.
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Summary: probably the best book for learning quantum chemistry
Review: I read the fourth edition of this book as an undergraduate student in chemistry. Now that I am a grad student involved in research problems in quantum chemistry, I find myself reaching for this book everytime I need to refresh this concept or that. The best part about this book is the level of detail at which a lot of basic quantum chemistry topics have been treated. I highly recommend this book for any serious student of quantum chemistry and those from other fields who need to learn some quantum chemistry on their own for their work.
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Summary: Excellent textbook for Quantum Chemistry
Review: quantum chemistry a special field of the quantum-mechanical theory has always been a very tricky course for all the chemistry students around the world, because of the demanding mathematical background they have to possess in order to comprehend the extremely difficult concepts and applications of
the best - up to now - theory we have to understand phenomena at the atomic and molecular level.
This textbook is the best i know in the field because Pf.
Ira Levine provides the necessary Maths in a really instructive way which chemists will appreciate with a great relief!
All the mathematics they will need is contained in this book
so they won't have to study it from a different sourse , wasting time and getting disappointed!
On the other hand, the order of the chapters is excellent
and the problems at the end of each chapter solidify your understanding of what you have already read during the chapter.
There are also answers to selected problems at the end of the book
I higly recommend this textbook to all the chemists who would love to really understand Quantum Chemistry!
Rating:
Summary: Excellent textbook for Quantum Chemistry
Review: quantum chemistry a special field of the quantum-mechanical theory has always been a very tricky course for all the chemistry students around the world, because of the demanding mathematical background they have to possess in order to comprehend the extremely difficult concepts and applications of
the best - up to now - theory we have to understand phenomena at the atomic and molecular level.
This textbook is the best i know in the field because Pf.
Ira Levine provides the necessary Maths in a really instructive way which chemists will appreciate with a great relief!
All the mathematics they will need is contained in this book
so they won't have to study it from a different sourse , wasting time and getting disappointed!
On the other hand, the order of the chapters is excellent
and the problems at the end of each chapter solidify your understanding of what you have already read during the chapter.
There are also answers to selected problems at the end of the book
I higly recommend this textbook to all the chemists who would love to really understand Quantum Chemistry!
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Summary: A must-have for graduations students !
Review: This book covers all that a chemistry graduation student should know about quantum chemistry, and makes a good deal on molecular structure too. The mathematical basis is never left behind...
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Summary: A must-have for graduations students !
Review: This book covers all that a chemistry graduation student should know about quantum chemistry, and makes a good deal on molecular structure too. The mathematical basis is never left behind...
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Summary: The best introductory book for learning Quantum Chemistry
Review: This is the best introductory book for learning Quantum Chemistry.Especially for those who are not particularly mathematically inclined,or even for those who are, this book is simply great.It starts with an introduction to the Schrodinger's equation.The most important fact is that, after this introduction, the author leads us through a range of wide topics in which the mathematical preliminaries are first explained.Whether it is differential equations or power series solutions, the author carefully guides you through everything.That makes the book self contained.Further on, there's a wonderful chapter on Angular Momentum.In later chapters,we get a very good introduction to most of the important approximation methods and other computational methods used in modern Quantum Chemistry.This includes the variational method, perturbation theory, Hartree-Fock methods,and an enlightening chapter on the Feynman-Hellman theorem.The book ends with a look at computational methods like GAUSSIAN programs which are used routinely today in electronic structure calculations. I would very strongly recommend the book to anyone who is interested in learning what molecular structure is about.
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Summary: Remember !! Quantum CHEMISTRY not MECHANICS
Review: Want to know more about Quantum Mechanics? Then this is not the book for you. This book is about Quantum Chemistry!!! It's about SCF, MINDO, INDO and other alien-sounding acronyms. Buy this book only if you wish to know what goes on behind these ubiquitous GAUSSIAN and other computational chemistry softwares.
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