Reviews for Physical Methods of Chemistry: Investigations of Surfaces and Interfaces, Vol. 9

The average rating for Physical Methods of Chemistry: Investigations of Surfaces and Interfaces, Vol. 9 based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-03-10 00:00:00 Thomas Abran Excellent for the intermediate computational chemist. The text, as with the first edition, challenges the newbie and fills in gaps that the experienced may not be familiar with. Be prepared to recall Physical Chemistry to a level of being comfortable with many body theories of approximation and how statistical mechanics can aid in the computing of Transition State theory. The book makes assumptions that you are able to understand the ins-and-outs of computing geometric equilibrium states with little or no assistance--- thus little is made of them ... other than mentioning the concepts of Potential Energy diagrams of more than one level of theory. In short---physical chemistry is known to scare most students away --- but a good preparation will push away any anxiety... Absolutely...

Review # 2 was written on 2015-10-10 00:00:00 Mark Wd Thompson So, I've read many ( and when I say many I mean around 5) introductory computational chemistry books. Being an undergrad who still didn't have a strong background in physical chemistry most of them didn't make much sense to me. A friend from graduate school sent me this book and I fell in love with it. It is the type of book that builds a bridge between a graduating undergrad and a first year chemistry graduate student. It really helped me understand the mathematical concepts behind operators, the young modulus density probability, eigenvalues and eigenfunctions. It's just an amazing book. If I ever teach a course related to this field I will be using one produced by this author.