Pioneers of Quantum Chemistry

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-8412-2716-3
Verlag: American Chemical Society

Buch, Englisch, Band 1122, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 582 g

Reihe: ACS Symposium Series

The field of quantum chemistry has grown so immensely that the importance of some of the earliest work and the earliest pioneers of quantum chemistry is unfamiliar to many of today's youngest scientists in the field. Thus, this book is an attempt to preserve some of the very valuable, early history of quantum chemistry, providing the reader with not only a perspective of the science, but a perspective of the early pioneers themselves, some of whom were quite
interesting characters. The symposium on which this book is based came about because one of the co-editors (ETS) came to a conviction that the contributions such as those by George Wheland to quantum chemistry and Otto Schmidt to free electron theory should be better appreciated and known. He organized a
symposium in which quantum chemistry pioneers, both those celebrated by everyone and those seemingly overlooked by posterity, would be recognized. While this volume is certainly not a history of quantum chemistry, it does cover many highlights over a period of about sixty years. This volume consists of chapters based upon ten of the presentations at the symposium "Pioneers of Quantum Chemistry" held March 28, 2011, at the 241st ACS National Meeting in Anaheim, CA.

Zielgruppe

Academics and professionals working in quantum chemistry.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Strom, E. Thomas

Wilson, Angela K.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie Quantenchemie, Theoretische Chemie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein Geschichte der Chemie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1. Three Millennia of Atoms and Molecules
Klaus Ruedenberg and W. H. Eugen Schwarz
2. Pioneering Quantum Chemistry in Concert with Experiment
Istvan Hargittai
3. George W. Wheland: Forgotten Pioneer of Resonance Theory
E. Thomas Strom
4. The Free-Electron Model
William B. Jensen
5. Michael J. S. Dewar: A Model Iconoclast
Eamonn F. Healy
6. H. C. Longuet-Higgins: The Man and His Science
Weston Thatcher Borden
7. The Golden Years at LMSS and IBM San Jose
Paul S. Bagus
8. Quantum Chemistry Program Exchange, Facilitator of Theoretical and
Computational Chemistry in Pre-Internet History
Donald B. Boyd
9. Molecular Orbital Theory for Organic Chemists
Andrew Streitwieser
10. John Pople: The Man and His Science
Janet E. Del Bene
Editors' Biographies
Indexes
Author Index
Subject Index

Über Autor(innen)

E. Thomas Strom is affiliated with the University of Texas at Arlington. Angela K. Wilson is affiliated with the University of North Texas.