Van Der Waals Forces: A Handbook for Biologists, Chemists, Engineers, and Physicists (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521839068)

This should prove to be the definitive work explaining van der Waals forces, how to calculate them and take account of their impact under any circumstances and conditions. These weak intermolecular forces are of truly pervasive impact, and biologists, chemists, physicists, and engineers will profit greatly from the thorough grounding in these fundamental forces. Parsegian has organized his book at three successive levels of mathematical sophistication, to satisfy the needs and interests of readers at all levels of preparation. The Prelude and Level 1 are intended to give everyone an overview in words and pictures of the modern theory of van der Waals forces. Level 2 gives the formulae and a wide range of algorithms to let readers compute the van der Waals forces under virtually any physical or physiological conditions. Level 3 offers a rigorous basic formulation of the theory.

Author: V. Adrian Parsegian
ISBN-10: 0521839068
ISBN-13: 9780521839068
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/05/2005
Pages: 398
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.28lbs
Size: 10.32h x 7.10w x 1.18d