Essentials of Computational Chemistry
by Christopher J. Cramer · Christopher J. Cramer
Graduate-level text on the theory and practice of computational chemistry: molecular mechanics, Hartree-Fock and semiempirical methods, density functional theory, correlated methods, solvation models, and simulation. Readers learn which method suits a chemical problem and how to judge the reliability of results.
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