Molecules and the Chemical Bond: An Introduction to Conceptual Valence Bond Theory
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MOLECULES and the Chemical Bond is about understanding Schrdingers equation, for chemical systems.
In his famous Lectures on Physics, Richard Feynman quotes Paul Dirac on what it means to understand an equation. I understand what an equation means, said Dirac, if I have a way of figuring out the characteristics of its solutions without actually solving it. That hits the nail on the head! Its precisely what Conceptual Valence Bond Theory does for Schrdingers equation.
A physical understanding of an equation, adds Feynman, is a completely unmathematical, imprecise, and inexact thing, but absolutely necessary for a physicist. It unfolds in MCB in two stages, described by Newton as a stage of Analysis (a union of observations and inductions) and a stage of Synthesis (use of inductions, accepted as first principles, to explain observations).
The books chief vehicle for creating an intuitive understanding of solutions of Schrdingers equation is the worlds largest and to the authors knowledge, virtually only library of line drawings of exclusive orbital models of chemical species electron density profiles.
By focussing attention on fundamental physical principles and by avoiding use of atomic orbitals and, thereby, mathematical complexities associated with Schrdingers equation (the only source of atomic orbitals), the books essays provide a scientifically sound, student-friendly introduction to modern valence theory.
Repetition of fundamental ideas, here and there, is intended to make individual essays understandable and interesting, each by itself, so that readers may examine them in any order, in leisurely walks, so to speak, in the big garden that is valence theory, picking bouquets to their liking.
Henry A. Bent
Henry E. Bent (1900 - 1986) was a man of admirable traits: an astute research chemist (surprising chemists, e.g., by showing that the iron thiocyanate complex in solution was not, as they thought, an analogue of Fe(CN)6-3, but, rather, chiefly FeSCN+2); an admired academic administrator (the youngest graduate dean in the U.S. at the time of his appointment and twenty-eight years later the oldest one in time of service, co-founder of the American Association of Graduate Deans, and first Director of the Graduate Fellowship Program of the National Defense Education Act); a gifted professor (beloved by generations of Chemistry 1 students and students of advanced inorganic chemistry); an American patriot (measurer during WWII of the vapor pressure of mustard gas, and cultivator of two large victory gardens); an admired citizen (president of Kiwanis during its city-wide tree-planting initiative, chairman of a Unitarian building Fund-Raising Committee, and chauffer for senior citizens on his block to and from Sunday services); architect and builder (of a log cabin, without power tools); and inventor (of theoretical chemical tools and hand-held tools, including a scribe for scribing logs accurately for his chinkless log cabin, described as the finest example of such construction in the U.S.). For many years he drove used Franklin air-cooled cars. He was a recipient of his university’s highest honor: its Thomas Jefferson Award. At age 79 he completed a 50 mile walk, planned for 12 hours, in 11 hours, 59 minutes, and 45 seconds. Henry. A. Bent (1926 - ), following in his father’s footsteps, attended Oberlin College and the University of California at Berkeley, where, like his father, he received a PhD in physical chemistry. He has held faculty positions at the universities of Connecticut, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, and N.C. State University; been the recipient of several of his nation’s leading awards in chemical education; has served as chairman of the American Chemical Society’s Division of Chemical Education and its Committee on Professional Training; and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In his middle 50s he completed a marathon, planned for 3 hours, in 2 hours and 58 minutes.
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