Ideas of Quantum Chemistry: Volume 1: From Quantum Physics to Chemistry

799 Pages·2020·29.216 MB·English

by  Lucjan Piela

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Ideas of Quantum Chemistry
Volume 1: From Quantum Physics to Chemistry
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Ideas of Quantum Chemistry
Volume 1: From Quantum Physics to Chemistry
Third Edition
Lucjan Piela
Department of Chemistry
University of Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland
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