Student Solutions Manual for Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy for Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy with Spartan Student Physical Chemistry Software

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1. D. Nieport says:

   July 2, 2010 at 3:49 am

   Review by D. Nieport for Student Solutions Manual for Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy for Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy with Spartan Student Physical Chemistry Software
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   I’ve used half of the book now. The layout is not very organized. I found the graphical representations useful.

   ok, 2nd semester in work. I’d prefer to downgrade this rating to negative 5 if I could. This book has turned into a major disaster. It is so riddled with errors…the derivations are never right. Everytime something doesn’t work out right it’s because the book is wrong. flat out.

   This book gets my strongest disapproval possible. Buying this book is throwing away your money. Thanks engel. Thanks for all those hours lost trying to figure out what mistake I had make working out the derivations in this book only to find the book was wrong all along.

   I’m still a little bitter about the false advertising when I got it…re: spartan software student copy that wasn’t included.

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2. James J. Drinane says:

   July 2, 2010 at 4:03 am

   Review by James J. Drinane for Student Solutions Manual for Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy for Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy with Spartan Student Physical Chemistry Software
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   I used this book for my pchem courses and found it to be completely worthless. While it does focus on computational crap that’s not very important the first time around. The quantum chapters are pretty poorly done, and well the thermo stuff is just boring. All in all, I found this text to be useless. The derivations include many errors, and often are presented before the text introduces what they’re trying to derive thereby further confusing you. You’re better off not buying this book, unless you need for class, and buying one of the more used books like Levine’s or Macquarrie’s.

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3. Marth says:

   July 2, 2010 at 4:41 am

   Review by Marth for Student Solutions Manual for Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy for Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy with Spartan Student Physical Chemistry Software
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   Let me begin by saying – I love chemistry. I love math. I’m a total nerd. But this book turned me off to both. Taking a year of physical chemistry is hard – but this book makes it even harder. This is the first year my professors have used this book, and I think it will be their last.

   The key points aren’t covered in detail. The math is overly complicated, and the problems don’t hit the right points. I don’t have a lot of P.Chem textbook knowledge, but there has to be something better out there.

   I wouldn’t recommend the text at all – but if you buy it, you ABSOLUTELY need the solutions manual.

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4. picalo says:

   July 2, 2010 at 5:14 am

   Review by picalo for Student Solutions Manual for Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy for Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy with Spartan Student Physical Chemistry Software
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   I took my p-chem courses using both Engel books and were it not for my teacher I would have been completely lost. I started out reading before every lecture like I do in every course, but found that it actually hampered the learning process and I was better off just going to lecture and doing the homework.

   Additionally the solutions manual skips MAJOR steps and does not help understanding at all. I now do thermochemical calculations at work, and I just end up looking at my physics books for help.

   THANKS FOR NOTHING ENGEL.

   I am so glad I do not go to Univ of Washington.

   BTW I got an A and a B in P-chem, and A’s in physics so I am not just mad at my score and taking it out on the book.

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5. silverram says:

   July 2, 2010 at 5:32 am

   Review by silverram for Student Solutions Manual for Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy for Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy with Spartan Student Physical Chemistry Software
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   This is a horrible book to read and gain any insightful knowledge from other than superficial, basic knowledge. If I wasn’t a Chem E and didn’t have a great teacher then I’d be in a world of complete confusion. This book does little more than use magic to derive equations and uses inconsistent conventions. In addition, it seems to spend a lot of time on specific thermodynamic examples then using mass and energy balances: the very staple of thermodynamics.

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