内容简介
Extensiverevisedandupdatedthirdeditionofclassicfirst-yeartextbyNobelLaureate.Atomicandmolecularstructure,quantummechanics,statisticalmechanics,thermodynamicscorrelatedwithdescriptivechemistry.Problems.75pagesofappendixes.HailedbyChoiceas"anexcellenttext,highlyrecommended."
作者简介
LinusPauling:Two-TimeNobelLaureateIn1985DoverreprintedIntroductiontoQuantumMechanicswithApplicationstoChemistry,awell-knownolderbookbyLinusPaulingandE.BrightWilson.Thisbookhadbeenfirstpublishedfiftyyearsearlierandremarkablystillfoundreadersin1985,andstilldoestoday,twenty-fiveyearsfurtheron.ThefirsteditionofPauling'sGeneralChemistrywasashortbookoflessthan250pagespublishedin1944,duringWorldWarII.Threeyearslater,ithadmorethandoubledinsizetoalmost600pages,andthe1953editionwasover700pages.Fifteenyearslater,forthe1970edition,itreacheditsfinalsizeandconfigurationatalmost1,000pages―andthatistheeditionwhichDoverreprintedin1988.Dr.Pauling'sonerequestatthattimewasthatwekeepthepriceaffordableforstudents.LinusPaulingisofcoursetheonlyDoverauthortowintwoNobelprizes,forChemistryin1954andforPeacein1962;heistheonlywinnerinhistoryoftwounsharedNobelPrizes.IntheAuthor'sOwnWords:
"Satisfactionofone'scuriosityisoneofthegreatestsourcesofhappinessinlife.""Dountoothers20%betterthanyouwouldexpectthemtodountoyou,tocorrectforsubjectiveerror.""Thewaytogetgoodideasistogetlotsofideas,andthrowthebadonesaway.""Factsaretheairofscientists.Withoutthemyoucanneverfly."—LinusPaulingCriticalAcclaimforGeneralChemistry:
"Anexcellenttext,highlyrecommended."—Choice,,
