This is a new undergraduate textbook on physical chemistry by Horia Metiu published as four separate paperback volumes. These four volumes on physical chemistry combine a clear and thorough presentation of the theoretical and mathematical aspects of the subject with examples and applications drawn from current industrial and academic research. By using the computer to solve problems that include actual experimental data, the author is able to cover the subject matter at a practical level. The books closely integrate the theoretical chemistry being taught with industrial and laboratory practice. This approach enables the student to compare theoretical projections with experimental results, thereby providing a realistic grounding for future practicing chemists and engineers. Each volume of Physical Chemistry includes Mathematica (R) and Mathcad (R) Workbooks on downloadable resources.
Metiu's four separate volumes-Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, Kinetics, and Quantum Mechanics-offer built-in flexibility by allowing the subject to be covered in any order.
These textbooks can be used to teach physical chemistry without a computer, but the experience is enriched substantially for those students who do learn how to read and write Mathematica (R) or Mathcad (R) programs. A TI-89 scientific calculator can be used to solve most of the exercises and problems.
(R) Mathematica is a registered trademark of Wolfram Research, Inc.
(R) Mathcad is a registered trademark of Mathsoft Engineering & Education, Inc.
This is a new undergraduate textbook on physical chemistry by Horia Metiu published as four separate paperback volumes. These four volumes on physical chemistry combine a clear and thorough presentation of the theoretical and mathematical aspects of the subject with examples and applications drawn from current industrial and academic research. By using the computer to solve problems that include actual experimental data, the author is able to cover the subject matter at a practical level. The books closely integrate the theoretical chemistry being taught with industrial and laboratory practice. This approach enables the student to compare theoretical projections with experimental results, thereby providing a realistic grounding for future practicing chemists and engineers. Each volume of Physical Chemistry includes Mathematica (R) and Mathcad (R) Workbooks on downloadable resources.
Metiu's four separate volumes-Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, Kinetics, and Quantum Mechanics-offer built-in flexibility by allowing the subject to be covered in any order.
These textbooks can be used to teach physical chemistry without a computer, but the experience is enriched substantially for those students who do learn how to read and write Mathematica (R) or Mathcad (R) programs. A TI-89 scientific calculator can be used to solve most of the exercises and problems.
(R) Mathematica is a registered trademark of Wolfram Research, Inc.
(R) Mathcad is a registered trademark of Mathsoft Engineering & Education, Inc.
1. Why Quantum Mechanics?
2. Dynamical Variables and Operators
3. The Eigenvalue Problem
4. What Do We Measure When We Study Quantum Systems?
5. Some Results are Certain, Most are Just Probable
6. The Physical Interpretation of the Wave Function
7. Tunneling
8. Particle in a Box
9. Light Emission and Absorption: the Phenomena
10. Light Emission and Absorption: Einstein's Phenomenological
Theory
11. Light Absorption: A Result of Quantum Theory
12. Light Emission and Absorption by a Particle in a Box and a
Harmonic Oscillator
13. Two-Particle Systems
14. Angular Momentum
15. Two-Particle Systems: the Radial and Angular Schrödinger
Equations
16. The Energy Eigenstates of a Diatomic Molecule
17. Diatomic Molecule: Its Spectroscopy
18. Hydrogen Atom: the Eigenstates
19. The Spin of the Electron and its Role in Spectroscopy
20. The Hydrogen Molecule
21. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Electron Spin Resonance
Appendices 1-2
Horia Metiu
is Professor of Chemistry and Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1974. Prof. Metiu has won several Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar awards and is a former Alfred P. Sloan Fellow. He received the Exxon Solid State Chemistry ACS Award, the UCSB Faculty Research Lectureship, and a Senior Humboldt Award. Prof. Metiu is Associate Editor for the Journal of Chemical Physics and a fellow of the American Physical Society and Japan Association for the Promotion of Science."Metiu’s four-volume text is an ambitious attempt to present the
traditional, core areas of physical chemistry in a fresh way, using
modern symbolic manipulation programs to perform many of the
derivations and calculations. The endeavor deserves to succeed. I
anticipate that the work will come to be seen as a yardstick
against which other mainstream physical chemistry texts will be
judged." - Chemistry World "The scheme adopted by Metiu allows
individual areas of physical chemistry to be treated in greater
detail than would otherwise be possible... The work is overall to
be welcomed, representing as it does an approach to the teaching of
physical chemistry that in some respects differs radically from the
customary one." - Prof. Ian R. McDonald, University of Cambridge,
UK (review for Molecular Physics journal)"I anticipate that the
work will come to be seen as a yardstick against which other
mainstream physical chemistry texts will be judged." - Prof. Mike
Ashford, University of Bristol, UK (review for Chemistry
World)"Horia Metiu has created a significant set of volumes on
undergraduate physical chemistry. The integration of Mathematica
and Mathcad workbooks into the four texts provides instructors with
an attractive new option in teaching. Metiua's writing style is
folksy and the graphics minimal, a refreshing approach¦.Taken as a
whole, the four volumes on physical chemistry by Metiu are
impressive, particularly Thermodynamics and Quantum
Mechanics¦.Without a doubt, the four textbooks provide essential
materials of great utility to physical chemistry instructors. The
bottom line is that the set of four volumes is a must have-a
keeper- as a novel resource or invaluable classroom tool." -
Journal of Chemical Education, February 2008, Vol. 85, No. 2, p.
206
Horia Metiu has created a significant set of volumes on
undergraduate physical chemistry. The integration of Mathematica
and Mathcad workbooks into the four texts provides instructors with
an attractive new option in teaching. Metiua's writing style is
folksy and the graphics minimal, a refreshing approach¦.Taken as a
whole, the four volumes on physical chemistry by Metiu are
impressive, particularly Thermodynamics and Quantum
Mechanics¦.Without a doubt, the four textbooks provide essential
materials of great utility to physical chemistry instructors. The
bottom line is that the set of four volumes is a must have-a
keeper- as a novel resource or invaluable classroom tool.Journal of
Chemical EducationFebruary 2008, Vol. 85, No. 2, p. 206
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