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Methods in Computational Chemistry
. Ed(S): Wilson, Stephen; Wilson, S.
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Hardback. Editor(s): Wilson, Stephen; Wilson, S. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1590.
When, forty years ago, as a student of Charles Coulson in Oxford I began work in theoretical chemistry, I was provided with a Brunsviga calculator-a small mechanical device with a handle for propulsion, metal levers for setting the numbers, and a bell that rang to indicate overflow. What has since come to be known as computational chemistry was just beginning. There followed a long period in which the fundamental theory of the "golden age" (1925-1935) was extended and refined and in which the dreams of the early practitioners were gradually turned into hard arithmetic reality. As a still-computing survivor from ... Read more
When, forty years ago, as a student of Charles Coulson in Oxford I began work in theoretical chemistry, I was provided with a Brunsviga calculator-a small mechanical device with a handle for propulsion, metal levers for setting the numbers, and a bell that rang to indicate overflow. What has since come to be known as computational chemistry was just beginning. There followed a long period in which the fundamental theory of the "golden age" (1925-1935) was extended and refined and in which the dreams of the early practitioners were gradually turned into hard arithmetic reality. As a still-computing survivor from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306426452
SKU
V9780306426452
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