Molecular Symmetry and Group Theory: A Programmed Introduction to Chemical Applications

by Alan Vincent

Book Overview

Die Symmetrie der Moleküle gehört zu den Grundpfeilern der modernen Chemie. Viele Studenten haben Schwierigkeiten mit der Mathematik, die den Symmetriebetrachtungen zugrunde liegt - der Gruppentheorie. Bei der Lösung dieser Probleme hilft der hier verfolgte Ansatz des "programmierten Lernens" Sorgfältig erarbeitete, geschickt kommentierte Übungen führen Schritt für Schritt von Symmetrieelement und Charaktertafel bis zur Berechnung von Molekülschwingungen...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471489395
• ISBN13: 9780471489399
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Best in its field

I bought this book because it is advised from one of my classmates of Transition metal chemistry. If you need to learn molecular symmetry, this book is very good. It teachs in a logical order. The only not good part may be its size. I prefer bigger books so you can easily bend. So you should be polite to this book when reading. It is also expensive for its size but if you need to learn the molecular symmetry and/or group theory, this book is strongly recommended :) I hope this review helps. Happy wishes

Pretty good reference and quick read

The text does a good job of covering the subject material. It is not so advanced as to be difficult to master symmetry, matrices, and applications to vibrational spectra. The book is designed as a programme. The reader follows along and is interrupted to test his/her ability. After successful mastering of topics, the reader goes on, but if the reader does not answer the practice questions well enough, there is a guide to do more review. This is a great intro text for undergraduates, or as a reference for graduate students studying in the Inorganic field. The text also uses great examples and has good step by step instructions. The reader can get up to speed on most of the subject material within one weekend. It is also not necessary to read the book cover to cover to get useful learning out of the text. It has a good ability to modulate the different aspects of the different subjects. Overall, worth the money.

Great for beginners

If you don't have the math background it often takes to penetrate Cotton, this book could be the answer. For learning the quick and dirty basics of the use of group theory for molecules, this is the book. The only problems are its sparseness and the high price for a 156 page book. Excellent for self-teaching, though.

Exam tomorrow, and still in confusion with group theory...?

Cotton's(or Bishop's or like that...) book on group theory is too wonderful for me to grade. But, you may agree with me, in that it really takes times! You must read those books to understand the internal structure of group theory, but if you have exam tomorrow, Vincent's will be an emergency measure. Just follow him about 5 hours. Then you can solve some crucial spectroscopy problems, make MO's, and so third. But don't forget to check the books of details. This book is just for an emergency measure. But truly great enough for that.