Bell That Rings Light, The: A Primer In Quantum Mechanics And Chemical Bonding

This book is an introduction to quantum mechanics and mathematics that leads to the solution of the Schrodinger equation. It is can be read and understood by undergraduates without sacrificing the mathematical detail necessary for a complete solution giving the shapes of molecular orbitals seen in every chemistry text. Readers are introduced to many mathematical topics new to the undergraduate curriculum such as basic representation theory, Schur's lemma, and the Legendre polynomials.

List of contents

Rutherford, Bohr and Balmer; Some Important Experiments; Early Quantum Mechanics: The Atom; New Assumptions; Zetetics; Classical Waves; Particle-in-a-Box; Exploring the Analogy; Dr Schrodinger, I Presume?; The Quantum Numbers; Pleased to Meet You, Dr Schur; The Spherical Harmonics; More French Mathematicians; Reprise: The Quantum Numbers; Chemistry and Bonding; Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion; The Shape of an Orbital; Molecular Orbital Theory; Valence Bond Theory; Other Kinds of Bonding; Case Study: Dye Molecules.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Belbruno, Joseph J. Belbruno, Dorothy I Wallace, Dorothy Wallace & Joseph J Belbruno, Dorothy Wallace, Dorothy I Wallace, Dorothy I. Wallace
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.09.2006
• EAN: 9789812567062
• ISBN: 978-981-256-706-2
• Series: Mathematics Across the Curricu; Mathematics Across The Curriculum
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > Physical chemistry; SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)