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Book SynopsisAbout our authors
Thomas Engel taught chemistry at the University of Washington for more than 20 years, where he is currently professor emeritus of chemistry. Professor Engel received his bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry from the Johns Hopkins University and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Chicago. He then spent 11 years as a researcher in Germany and Switzerland, during which time he received the Dr. rer. nat. habil. degree from the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. In 1980, he left the IBM research laboratory in Zurich to become a faculty member at the University of Washington.
Professor Engel has published more than 80 articles and book chapters in the area of surface chemistry. He has received the Surface Chemistry or Colloids Award from the American Chemical Society and a Senior Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Other than this textbook, his current primary science interests are
Table of Contents
There are 2 versions of Physical Chemistry, 4th Edition:
- Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy, 4th Editiion includes chapters 1-17.
- Thermodynamics, Statistical Thermodynamics, & Kinetics, 4th Edition includes chapters 1-20
- From Classical to Quantum Mechanics
- The Schrödinger Equation
- The Quantum-Mechanical Postulates
- Applying Quantum-Mechanical Principles to Simple Systems
- Applying the Particle in the Box Model to Real-World Topics
- Commuting and Noncommuting Operators and the Surprising Consequences of Entanglement
- A Quantum-Mechanical Model for the Vibration and Rotation of Molecules
- Vibrational and Rotational Spectroscopy of Diatomic Molecules
- The Hydrogen Atom
- Many-Electron Atoms
- Quantum States for Many-Electron Atoms and Atomic Spectroscopy
- The Chemical Bond in Diatomic Molecules
- Molecular Structure and Energy Levels for Polyatomic Molecules
- Electronic Spectroscopy
- Computational Chemistry
- Molecular Symmetry and an Introduction to Group Theory
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscop
- Elementary Chemical Kinetics
- Complex Reaction Mechanisms
- Macromolecules
APPENDICES
- Data Tables for Thermodynamics, Statistical Thermodynamics, & Kinetics
- Point Group Character Tables for Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy
