Reviews in Computational Chemistry, Volume 10 - by Kenny B Lipkowitz & Donald B Boyd Hardcover

Book Synopsis

Die rechnerische Chemie wird zunehmend in der organischen, anorganischen, medizinischen, biologischen, physikalischen und analytischen Chemie eingesetzt, ebenso wie in der Biotechnologie, den Materialwissenschaften und der chemischen Physik. Dieses 10 Bände umfassende Werk ist für alle Fachleute auf den genannten Gebieten von herausragender Bedeutung, um auf dem aktuellen Stand der neuesten Entwicklungen zu bleiben. (10/97)

From the Back Cover

Volume 10 Reviews in Computational Chemistry Kenny B. Lipkowitz and Donald B. Boyd In This Volume, Several Chapters Share the Theme of Chaos and Randomness. Chapter 1 Shows How Genetic Algorithms Work to Find Global Minima on Complex Response Surfaces; The Many Applications of This Increasingly Popular Tool are Reviewed. Chapter 2 Addresses the Question of Whether Computational Chemistry Can Survive in the New Era of Combinatorial Chemistry; Techniques for Optimal Design of Structure-Activity Relationships and Molecular Diversity are Explained. Chapter 3 Teaches about Phase Space and the Use of Nonlinear Dynamics to Solve Questions in Reaction Dynamics, While Chapter 4 is a Tutorial on Universal Phenomena in the Natural Sciences from the Perspective of Nonlinear Dynamics. Chapter 5 is a History of Pivotal Developments in the Growth of Computational Chemistry in the United Kingdom. -From Reviews of the Series ... An Excellent Source of Background Information as well as of Current Research Studies in Computational Chemistry. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

About the Author

Kenny B. Lipkowitz, PhD, is a retired Professor of Chemistry from North Dakota State University.

Donald B. Boyd was apponted Research Professor of Chemistry at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis in 1994. He has published over 100 refereed journal papers and book chapters.