Introduction to quantum mechanics : with applications to chemistry / by Linus Pauling and E. Bright Wilson, Jr

Reprint. Originally published: New York ; London : McGraw-Hill, 1935

Includes bibliographical references and index

Survey of classical mechanics -- The old quantum theory -- The Schrodinger wave equation with the harmonic oscillator as an example -- The wave equation for a system of point particles in three dimensions -- the hydrogen atom -- Perturbation theory -- The variation method and other approximate methods -- The spinning electron and the pauli exclusion principle, with a discussion of the Helium atom -- Many-electron atoms -- The rotation and vibration of molecules -- Perturbation theory involving the time, the emission and absorption of radiation, and the resonance phenomenon -- The structure of simple molecules -- The structure of complex molecules -- Miscellaneous application of quantum mechanic -- General theory of quantum mechanics