Neither Physics nor Chemistry: A History of Quantam Chemistry by Gavroglu, Kostas; Simoes, Ana - 2012

Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: MIT Press, 2012. This book examines the evolution of quantum chemistry, a discipline that began as a field of study in the 1920s, and traces its development from the publication of early papers to the dramatic changes brought about by the use of computers; it focuses on the culture that emerged from the creative synthesis of the traditions of chemistry, physics, and mathematics and examines the concepts, practices, languages, and institutions of the new culture and the scientists who established it; includes an extensive bibliography (red cloth with gold lettering; white pictorial dust jacket; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from an independent bookstore). Hard Cover. As New/As New. 7 1/4 X 9 1/4.