The Molecule as Meme

ISBN-13: 9781643272894 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 146 str.

Jeffrey Huw Williams

Spis treści

• Introduction: are molecules real?
• Author biography
• 1. Atomism
• 2. Order in the kinetic chaos
• 3. How molecules have been viewed
• 4. The molecular meme: Avogadro and his constant
• 5. The reality of molecules
• 6. The physical chemistry primer
• 7. How is energy partitioned in molecules?
• 8. The quantum mechanical synthesis of chemistry and physics
• 9. Molecules and emergent properties
• 10. Making measurable the invisibly small: the interaction of molecules with electric and magnetic fields
• 11. Optical activity
• 12. From the point of view of the molecule
• 13. Conclusion: molecules as microcosms