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Title:
100 years of physical chemistry
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Cambridge, UK : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2003
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9780854049875

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Compiled to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the Faraday Society in 1903, this collection presents some of the key papers published in Faraday journals over the past one hundred years. The feature articles were all written by leaders in their field, including a number of Nobel Prize winners such as Lord George Porter and John Pople, and cover a breadth of topics demonstrating the wide range of scientific fields which the Faraday Society, and now the RSC Faraday Division, seek to promote. Topics include: Intermolecular Forces; Ultrafast Processes; Astrophysical Chemistry; Polymers; and Electrochemistry. Each article is accompanied by a commentary which puts it in context, describes its influence and shows how the field has developed since its publication. 100 Years of Physical Chemistry: A Collection of Landmark Papers will be welcomed by anyone interested in the historical development of physical chemistry, and will be a valued addition to any library shelf.


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Although the book's cover includes the subtitle "A Collection of Landmark Papers," readers will find the book's purpose in the preface. This collection of 23 papers was reprinted from Faraday Society (now the Royal Society of Chemistry Faraday Division) journals, selected with the hope that they will "leave an impression on how important these journals have been." Each paper is accompanied by a short commentary written by an expert in the field. Since the papers have already been published, one may consider the commentaries to be the attraction; however, even these can lose their impact, since commentary authors were free to discuss how their selection had an impact on their own work, rather than focusing on the larger field. There are some extremely important papers here, such as the lead selection--London's "The General Theory of Molecular Forces" from 1936. Although the collection shows the breadth of physical chemistry, it is unclear who the audience might be or what use it might have other than for the publisher to showcase itself. ^BSumming Up: Not recommended for academic audiences; perhaps appropriate for anyone interested in the historical development of physical chemistry. J. Allison College of New Jersey


Table of Contents

Intermolecular Forces
Clusters
Molecular Spectroscopy
Magnetic Resonance
Quantum Chemistry
Photochemical Dynamics
Gas-Phase Kinetics
Ultrafast Processes
Molecular Reaction Dynamics
Atmospheric Chemistry
Astrophysical Chemistry
Theoretical Dynamics
Statistical Thermodynamics
Polymers
Colloids
Liquid Crystals
Liquid-Solid Interfaces: Liquid-Liquid Interfaces
Electrochemistry
Gas-Solid Surface Science
Biophysical Chemistry
Solid State Chemistry
Catalysis