Graduate Level Text Books

Some of the more modern and widely used graduate level texts covering the applications of quantum mechanics to chemistry

Molecular Quantum Mechanics, Third Edition, P. W. Atkins and R. S. Friedman, Oxford University Press (1997). Quantum Chemistry, Fourth Edition, Ira N. Levine, Prentice-Hall (1991). Modern Quantum Chemistry, First Edition, Revised, Attlia Szabo and Neil. S. Ostlund, McGraw-Hill, New York (1989). Energetic Principles of Chemical Reactions, Jack Simons, Jones and Bartlett (1983). Quantum Mechanics in Chemistry, Jack Simons and Jeff Nichols, Oxford University Press (1997). This text has computer programs that can be accessed at the following web site: http://www.emsl.pnl.gov:2080/docs/tms/quantummechanics/ Molecular Quantum Mechanics, Third Edition, P. W. Atkins and R. S. Friedman, Oxford University Press (1997). Quantum Chemistry, Fourth Edition, Ira N. Levine, Prentice-Hall (1991). Modern Quantum Chemistry, First Edition, Revised, Attlia Szabo and Neil. S. Ostlund, McGraw-Hill, New York (1989). Energetic Principles of Chemical Reactions, Jack Simons, Jones and Bartlett (1983). Quantum Mechanics in Chemistry, Jack Simons and Jeff Nichols, Oxford University Press (1997). This text has computer programs that can be accessed at the following web site: http://www.emsl.pnl.gov:2080/docs/tms/quantummechanics/ Graduate level texts in chemical applications of statistical mechanics include: Statistical Mechanics, Donald A. McQuarrie, Harper and Row (1976). Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics, David Chandler, Oxford University Press (1987). Graduate texts dealing with the theory of molecular dynamics include: Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics, Jeffrey I. Steinfeld, Joeseph S. Francisco, and William L. Hase, Prentice-Hall (1989). Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Chemical Reactivity, Raphael D. Levine and Richard B. Bernstein, Oxford University Press (1987). Potential Energy Surfaces and Dynamics Calculations, Donald G. Truhlar, Editor, Plenum Press (1981). The theory of molecular spectroscopy is treated in modern texts including: Angular Momentum, Richard. N. Zare, John Wiley and Sons (1988). Spectra of Atoms and Molecules, Peter F. Bernath, Oxford University Press (1995). Molecules and Radiation, J. I. Steinfled, MIT Press (1981).