Chemical Bonding Clarified Through Quantum Mechanics

Download or read book Chemical Bonding Clarified Through Quantum Mechanics written by George C Pimentel and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-08 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quantum mechanics, including quantum field theory, is a fundamental theory in physics which describes nature at the smallest - including atomic and subatomic - scales. Very simply stated: Quantum Mechanics is concerned with the as yet unsolved question: "What is Light?" Is light a particle, or is it a wave? The title logo to this book is made so that you can see through it. George Claude Pimentel (May 2, 1922 - June 18, 1989) was the inventor of the chemical laser. He also developed the technique of matrix isolation in low-temperature chemistry. In theoretical chemistry, he proposed the three-center four-electron bond which is now accepted as the best simple model of hypervalent molecules. In the late 1960s, Pimentel led the University of California team that designed the infrared spectrometer for the Mars Mariner 6 and 7 missions that analyzed the surface and atmosphere of Mars. An alumnus of University of California, Los Angeles (B.S. 1943) and University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D. 1949), Pimentel began teaching at Berkeley in 1949, where he remained until his death in 1989.