Symmetry through the Eyes of a Chemist
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (636 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 904813689X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 520 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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They are currently affiliated with the Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry and Materials Structure and Modeling Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. They are also members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Academia Europaea (London). Magdolna Hargittai and István Hargittai are PhD’s (Eötvös University), DSc’s (
This work is useful for academic and professional chemists, and could even be of interest and possible inspiration to designers and artists. Pilar, Elementary Quantum Chemistry“The book gives a fascinating overview of the rich variety of applications of symmetry, showing both its power and its aesthetic appeal.” Science“Education by aesthetic appeal.” Nature“The cosmopolitan eye… good-humored and clearly delighted by diversity, informs this e
The structure of our book has not changed. In our ?rst Preface we paid tribute to two books in particular from which we learned a great deal; they have in?uenced signi?cantly our approach to the subject matter of our book. As we noted in the Prefaces to the ?rst and second editions, our book surveys chemistry from the point of view of symmetry. The next four chapters present gro- theoretical methods (Chapter 4) and, based on them, discussions of molecular vibrations (Chapter 5), electronic structures (Chapter 6), and chemical reactions (Chapter 7). Molecular geometry is discussed in Chapter 3. Our aim has been to provide aesthetic pl- sure in addition to learning experience. We present many examples from ch- istry as well as from other ?elds to emphasize the unifying nature of the symmetry concept. For the last two chapters we return to a qualitative treatment and introduce space-group sym- tries (Chapter 8), concluding with crystal structures (Chapter 9). They are Weyl’s classic, Symmetry, and Shubnikov and Koptsik’s Symmetry in Science and Art. It is gratifying to launch the third edition of our book. Its coming to life testi?es about the task it has ful?lled in the service of the com- nity of chemical research and learning. Following the Int- duction (Chapter 1