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    Computational Chemistry: A Practical Guide for Applying Techniques to Real World Problems
    Computational Chemistry: A Practical Guide for Applying Techniques to Real World Problems
    Computational Chemistry: A Practical Guide for Applying Techniques to Real World Problems
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    Computational Chemistry: A Practical Guide for Applying Techniques to Real World Problems

    By David Young

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    A practical, easily accessible guide for bench-top chemists, this book focuses on accurately applying computational chemistry techniques to everyday chemistry problems. Provides nonmathematical explanations of advanced topics in computational chemistry.
    * Focuses on when and how to apply different computational techniques.
    * Addresses computational chemistry connections to biochemical systems and polymers.
    * Provides a prioritized list of methods for attacking difficult computational chemistry problems, and compares advantages and disadvantages of various approximation techniques.
    * Describes how the choice of methods of software affects requirements for computer memory and processing time.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWiley-Interscience
    Release dateApr 7, 2004
    ISBN9780471458432
    Computational Chemistry: A Practical Guide for Applying Techniques to Real World Problems
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    David Young

    David Young serves as the senior minister for the North Boulevard Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee—a church devoted to church planting and disciple-making. He has worked for churches in Missouri, Kansas, and Tennessee, has taught New Testament at several colleges, formerly hosted the New Day Television Program, and travels widely teaching and preaching. He holds several advanced degrees in New Testament, including a PhD in New Testament from Vanderbilt University.

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