Abstract
This book should prove to be the definitive work explaining van der Waals forces, how to calculate them and take account of their impact under any circumstances and conditions. These weak intermolecular forces are of truly pervasive impact, and biologists, chemists, physicists and engineers will profit greatly from the thorough grounding in these fundamental forces that this book offers. Parsegian has organized his book at three successive levels of mathematical sophistication, to satisfy the needs and interests of readers at all levels of preparation. The Prelude and Level 1 are intended to give everyone an overview in words and pictures of the modern theory of van der Waals forces. Level 2 gives the formulae and a wide range of algorithms to let readers compute the van der Waals forces under virtually any physical or physiological conditions. Level 3 offers a rigorous basic formulation of the theory
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van der Waals forceSophisticationIntermolecular forceVan der Waals surfaceTheorem of corresponding statesHamaker constantVan der Waals radiusTheoretical physicsPhysicsClassical mechanicsEpistemologyQuantum mechanicsPhilosophyAesthetics
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V. Adrian Parsegian
(2005).
Van der Waals Forces.
Cambridge University Press eBooks
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https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511614606
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