Titre :	Reflections on symmetry : in chemistry... and elsewhere
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	E. Heilbronner, Auteur ; J. D. Dunitz, Auteur
Editeur :	Weinheim : VCH
Année de publication :	1993
Importance :	154 p.
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-3-527-28488-7
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Catégories :	Méthodes d'Analyses
Tags :	MOLECULAR THEORY  CHEMISTRY-History
Résumé :	"Heilbronner and Dunitz are both professors of chemistry. Although their book is aimed primarily at chemists, the authors hope it will also appeal to scientits in general, and indeed, to laymen with an interest of science from its cloudy beginnings to its persuasive influence in modern society. Rather than going into the formal mathematical background, the authors describe how symmetry concepts inherrited from the early Greek philosophers began to enter scientific thougts. In chemistry, the main impact has been on the development of the molecular hypothesis. Once ti became recognized that molcules were just more or less arrangements of atoms in space, symmetry concepts began to play an ever increasing role in chemical science - not only in specialist arreas such as spectroscopy, crystallography, and theoretical chemistry, but also in the everyday activities of the practical synthetic chemist. Today, chemistry teaching has adapted itselfto some extent to this situation. Chemistry students are now often inroduced to symmetry concepts at the very beginning of their sudies; older chemists may be at a disadvantage in this respect. If they feel that their encounter with symmetry concepts during their student days was inadequate, the present book may help to fill the deficit."
Cote :	B-B125 (SdS)
Num_Inv :	1220

Reflections on symmetry : in chemistry... and elsewhere [texte imprimé] / E. Heilbronner, Auteur ; J. D. Dunitz, Auteur . - Weinheim : VCH, 1993 . - 154 p.
ISBN : 978-3-527-28488-7
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Catégories :	Méthodes d'Analyses
Tags :	MOLECULAR THEORY  CHEMISTRY-History
Résumé :	"Heilbronner and Dunitz are both professors of chemistry. Although their book is aimed primarily at chemists, the authors hope it will also appeal to scientits in general, and indeed, to laymen with an interest of science from its cloudy beginnings to its persuasive influence in modern society. Rather than going into the formal mathematical background, the authors describe how symmetry concepts inherrited from the early Greek philosophers began to enter scientific thougts. In chemistry, the main impact has been on the development of the molecular hypothesis. Once ti became recognized that molcules were just more or less arrangements of atoms in space, symmetry concepts began to play an ever increasing role in chemical science - not only in specialist arreas such as spectroscopy, crystallography, and theoretical chemistry, but also in the everyday activities of the practical synthetic chemist. Today, chemistry teaching has adapted itselfto some extent to this situation. Chemistry students are now often inroduced to symmetry concepts at the very beginning of their sudies; older chemists may be at a disadvantage in this respect. If they feel that their encounter with symmetry concepts during their student days was inadequate, the present book may help to fill the deficit."
Cote :	B-B125 (SdS)
Num_Inv :	1220