Introduction to Computational Physical Chemistry

“…an amazing and valuable book to utilize.” –ChemEd XChange “I read every word and I think it is excellent. As one of the original reviewers of McQuarrie & Simon’s P CHEM book, I am delighted to see this companion computational text that fits so well with this iconic text.” –George Shields, Furman University“I really like the book. While it touched on several areas that are applicable to the use of computational methods, it also had several applications that I would not have intuited myself but were very useful and very well presented. It will make a nice complement to McQuarrie & Simon.” –Rick Toomey, NW Missouri State University “This book fills a critical gap in textbooks available for undergraduate physical chemistry courses. Traditional textbooks cover the principles of physical chemistry, but Schrier explores the subject much as a current practitioner of physical chemistry would. That is, by using computational resources and numerical methods to introduce methods that can be (and are) employed by practicing physical chemists.” –Mark D. Marshall, Amherst College “This is a great book from an articulate author; it will be an instant classic and a standard reference.” –Mervin Hanson, Humboldt State University

Joshua Schrier is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Haverford College. He received bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and biochemistry from St. Peter’s College, and a PhD in theoretical physical chemistry from UC Berkeley in 2005. He was the Luis W. Alvarez Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Sciences at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory until joining Haverford College in 2008. Schrier is a Fulbright Scholar who has received a number of awards including the Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, the Research Corporation for Scientific Achievement-Cottrell College Science Award, and the American Chemical Society/Petroleum Research Fund Undergraduate New Investigator Award. He has published 45 papers, including 21 with undergraduate co-authors. This is his first book.