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Neither physics nor chemistry : a history of quantum chemistry /

The authors of this book examine the evolution of quantum chemistry into an autonomous discipline, tracing its development from the publication of early papers in the 1920s to the dramatic changes brought about by the use of computers in the 1970s.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Gavroglou, Kōstas (Autor), Simões, Ana (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012.
Colección:Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Quantum chemistry qua physics: the promises and deadlocks of using first principles
  • 2. Quantum chemistry qua chemistry : rules and more rules
  • 3. Quantum chemistry qua applied mathematics : approximation methods and crunching numbers
  • 4. Quantum chemistry qua programming : computers and the cultures of quantum chemistry
  • 5. The emergence of a subdiscipline : historiographical considerations.