Quantum Chemistry by Henry Eyring, John Walters, George E. Kimball - 1947

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1947. 3rd Printing. Cloth. Very good +/missing. A near fine third printing. Blue cloth boards with gilt titlestamping on spine. Previous owner's name stamped and wriitten on first free endpaper. 394 pp. including index. Octavo. Henry Eyring was fortuante in entering the arena of chemical physics at the time that quantum mechanics began impinging on the fundamental problems of chemistry. He was also fortunate in possessing to an unusual degree a fertile imagination, unbounded curiosity, a warm and outgoing personality, a high degree of intellectual talent, the ability to work hard, and a determination to succeed. The result was that, beginning in the early years of the 1930s, he exerted an important influence on the large numbers of students and colleagues lucky enough to come into contact with him. This influence continued to spread throughout the chemical community for the rest of his life.He broke new ground in a wide sweep of scientific activities, involving matters that ranged from fundamental principles of chemistry to problems of a highly practical and applied nature. Some of his ideas contain elements that remain controversial and a considerable number of contemporary scientists continue to work on them." --A Biographical Memoir by Walter Kauzmann