The biggest change in the years since the first edition is the proliferation of computational chemistry programs that calculate molecular properties. McQuarrie presents step-by-step SCF calculations of a helium atom and a hydrogen molecule, in addition to including the Hartree-Fock method and post-Hartree-Fock methods.

The Dawn of Quantum Theory
The Classical Wave Equation
The Schrödinger Equation and a Particle in a Box
The Postulates and General Principles of Quantum Mechanics
The Harmonic Oscillator and Vibrational Spectroscopy
The Rigid Rotator and Rotational Spectroscopy
The Hydrogen Atom
Approximation Methods
Many-Electron Atoms
The Chemical Bond: One-and-Two-Electron Molecules
Qualitative Theory of Chemical Bonding
Appendices
Solutions of Problems
Index

DONALD A. MCQUARRIE, University of California, Davis, USA