1. From Classical to Quantum Mechanics
2. The Schrödinger Equation
3. The Quantum Mechanical Postulates
4. Using Quantum Mechanics on Simple Systems
5. The Particle in the Box and the Real World
6. Commuting and Noncommuting Operators and the Surprising Consequences of Entanglement
7. A Quantum Mechanical Model for the Vibration and Rotation of Molecules
8. The Vibrational and Rotational Spectroscopy of Diatomic Molecules
9. The Hydrogen Atom
10. Many-Electron Atoms
11. Quantum States for Many- Electron Atoms and Atomic Spectroscopy
12. The Chemical Bond in Diatomic Molecules
13. Molecular Structure and Energy Levels for Polyatomic Molecules
14. Electronic Spectroscopy
15. Computational Chemistry
16. Molecular Symmetry
17. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

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  • Problems have been added to the end of Chapter 3 and a new section entitled on superposition wave functions has been added.
    
  • A new section on traveling waves and potential energy barriers has been added to Chapter 5.
    
  • The discussion of the classical harmonic oscillator and rigid rotor has been better integrated by placing these sections before the corresponding quantum models in Chapter 7.
    
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