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Spectra of Atoms and Molecules, 2nd Edition is designed to introduce advanced undergraduates and new graduate students to the vast field of spectroscopy. Of interest to chemists, physicists, astronomers, atmospheric scientists, and engineers, it emphasizes the fundamental principles of spectroscopy with its primary goal being to teach students how to interpret spectra. The book includes a clear presentation of group theory needed for understanding the material and a large number of excellent problems are found at the end of each chapter. In keeping with the visual aspects of the course, the author provides a large number of diagrams and spectra specifically recorded for this book. Topics such as molecular symmetry, matrix representation of groups, quantum mechanics, and group theory are discussed. Analyses are made of atomic, rotational, vibrational, and electronic spectra.Spectra of Atoms and Molecules, 2nd Edition has been updated to include the 1998 revision of physical constants, and conforms more closely to the recommended practice for the use of symbols and units. This new edition has also added material pertaining to line intensities, which can be confusing due to the dozens of different units used to report line and band strengths. Another major change is in author Peter Bernath’s discussion of the Raman effect and light scattering, where the standard theoretical treatment is now included. Aimed at new students of spectroscopy regardless of their background, Spectra of Atoms and Molecules will help demystify spectroscopy by showing the necessary steps in a derivation.

User’s Reviews

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐No complaints. Book details where accurate.

⭐If you’re a beginner to spectroscopy, don’t purchase this book. The author makes many assumptions about the knowledge of the reader while going from idea to idea. Many equations are not derived. Not only are they not derived, but the author makes no effort to explain where they came from or to provide anything that resembles context. This caused me to constantly lose my place, which caused a few pages to take hours to read and still not understand. If you’re a beginner, do not buy this book. In fact, if you’re anyone, don’t buy this book. I keep trying to think of a suitable audience for this awful work, but I can’t come up with any.

⭐I took a course in Laser Spectroscopy and this was the suggested text. Overall, the book covered most topics relevant to the course. I don’t think this would be the book I would purchase, if there were no course, as some of the information is severely attenuated and leaves important details/concepts out.

⭐Bad written or organized book, weird way of treating units, feels like he was engineering the instruments not from math or physics point of view.

⭐This book is very pedagogical and also contains information pertaining spectroscopy that I could not find anywhere else. A great purchase!

⭐The condition was good. The contains are a little bit too simple, but is fine to start learning.

⭐This review is for the Kindle edition, which is a great bargain, by the way!Contrarily to some of the other reviews, I find this book delivers exactly as promised. In the preface to the first edition, we read: “This book is designed as a textbook to introduce advanced undergraduates and, particularly, new graduate students to the vast field of spectroscopy. It presumes that the student is familiar with the material in an undergraduate course in quantum mechanics. I have taken great care to review the relevant mathematics and quantum mechanics as needed throughout the book.” I have not yet read all of the book, so I can’t be sure of the full validity of the “throughout the book” statement, but from what I have read, including the new chapter on Raman spectroscopy, I believe the statement is not an exaggeration. For the rest of the quote, I am in full agreement with how the author has described his attempt.I come to this topic with an undergraduate degree in physics and a Ph.D. in Engineering that focused in the field of optical sensing. I find the material in this book presented in a way that lets me rely on my background knowledge, yet presents sufficient review and detail in the mathematical steps to comfortably bring me from where I am to where the author wants to take me.The illustrations are plentiful and clear. I have not taken full advantage of the problem sets yet but I can see the author has taken great care to make the problems relevant to, and complementary to, the text. We see this from the many references to the problems within the text where the author promises an opportunity for deepening a particular aspect.At the end of each chapter we find a numbered list of references referred to in the chapter, plus a list of general references which I understand to be the material from which the author has gathered much of his material for the chapter in question. I very much like the combination of specific references where needed plus general ones (most textbook authors choose to present one or the other), and the fact that each chapter has its own lists.The Kindle format is that of an image (similar to a PDF text), so one cannot change the font size and the pages preserve their identity as pages. This is mostly a good thing except for the few places where it is clear that the image scanning could have benefited from being at a higher resolution. One fortunate aspect that is preserved with this format (compared to PDF) is that it is still possible to select a single word and Kindle will find its definition. (Highlights, bookmarks, and comments that can be shared in outside world, and the benefit of “cloud access” are also a plus.)I very much recommend this book and vouch for the value and great experience to be obtained with its Kindle edition.

⭐Devo ancora leggerlo tutto, ma mi sembra un ottimo libro di teoria di spettroscopia atomica e vibrazionale, con due capitoli dedicati alla teoria dei gruppi.Non è un classico tomo da biblioteca, è lungo poco più di 400 pagine, ma comunque mi sembra sufficiente.E’ adatto per il Kindle, le pagine si possono ingrandire a piacimento.Penso sia il miglior libro di spettroscopia ….scritto in inglese che si capisce subito in quanto scientifico… consiglio di acquistarlo

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