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Why does matter stick together? Why do gases condense to liquids, and liquids to solids? This book provides a detailed historical account of how some of the leading scientists of the past three centuries have tried to answer these questions. The topic of cohesion and the study of intermolecular forces has been an important component of physical science research for hundreds of years. This book is organised into four broad periods of advances in our understanding. The first three are associated with Newton, Laplace and van der Waals. The final section gives an account of the successful use in the twentieth century of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics to resolve most of the remaining problems. The book will be of primary interest to physical chemists and physicists, as well as historians of science interested in the historical origins of our modern day understanding of cohesion.
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Sir John Rowlinson is Dr Lee's Professor of Chemistry Emeritus in the department of chemistry at the University of Oxford.
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COHESION: A Scientific History of Intermolecular Forces
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Cambridge University Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 0521810086
ISBN 13: 9780521810081
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Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st edition. 1st edition. A Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. 4to., viii, 333 pp., illustrated with charts and graphs. Bound in blue cloth in blue dust jacket. Light shelf wear to the jacket. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. Why does matter stick together? Why do gases condense to liquids, and liquids to solids? This book is a detailed historical account of how some of the leading scientists of the past three centuries have tried to answer these questions. Organized into four broad periods of advances in understanding, the first three are associated with Newton, Laplace and van der Waals, while the fourth gives an account of the successful use in the twentieth century of quantum and statistical mechanics to resolve most of the remaining problems. Seller Inventory # 32623