1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154920803321

Autore

Jensen Frank

Titolo

Introduction to computational chemistry / / Frank Jensen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ : , : John Wiley & Sons, , [2017]

©2017

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (663 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

541.0285

Soggetti

Chemistry, Physical and theoretical - Data processing

Chemistry, Physical and theoretical - Mathematics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Force field methods -- Hartree-Fock theory -- Electron correlation methods -- Basis sets -- Density functional methods -- Semi-empirical methods -- Valence bond methods -- Relativistic methods -- Wave function analysis -- Molecular properties -- Illustrating the concepts -- Optimization techniques -- Statistical mechanics and transition state theory -- Simulation techniques -- Qualitative theories -- Mathematical methods -- Statistics and QSAR -- Concluding remarks

Sommario/riassunto

"Introduction to Computational Chemistry 3rd Edition provides a comprehensive account of the fundamental principles underlying different computational methods. Fully revised and updated throughout to reflect important method developments and improvements since publication of the previous edition, this timely update includes the following significant revisions and new topics: Polarizable force fields; Tight-binding DFT; More extensive DFT functionals, excited states and time dependent molecular properties; Accelerated Molecular Dynamics methods; Tensor decomposition methods; Cluster analysis; Reduced scaling and reduced prefactor methods" -- From the publisher.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459498803321

Autore

Scott Peter Dale

Titolo

American war machine [[electronic resource] ] : deep politics, the CIA global drug connection, and the road to Afghanistan / / Peter Dale Scott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010

ISBN

9781442205895

144220589X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 p.)

Collana

War and peace library

Disciplina

958.104/7

Soggetti

Drug traffic - Government policy - United States

Drug control - Political aspects - United States

Intelligence service - United States

Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Causes

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-373) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Deep History and the Global Drug Connection; Part I. OVERVIEW; Chapter 01. Sanctioned Violence, the Dominance Machine, and the Overworld; Part II. THE CIA AND DRUGS ABROAD; Chapter 02. Mexico, Drugs, the DFS, and the United States; Chapter 03. Operation Paper: The United States and Drugs in Thailand and Burma; Chapter 04. Rollback, PARU, and Laos: Preparing for Offensive War; Chapter 05. Laos: Financing a War by Drugs; Chapter 06. The War on Drugs in Asia: A Phony War with Real Casualties; Part III. DEEP EVENTS AND THE DRUG CONNECTION AT HOME

Chapter 07. The CIA, the Global Drug Connection, and Terrorism  Chapter 08. Inside the War Machine: The Profiteers from Enduring Violence; Chapter 09. 9/11 and the American Tradition of Engineered Deep Events; Part IV: AMERICA AND AFGHANISTAN TODAY; Chapter 10. Obama and Afghanistan: America's Drug-Corrupted War; Chapter 11. Conclusion: The War Machine and the Deep Politics of Drugs; Final Words; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This provocative, thoroughly researched book explores the covert



aspects of U.S. foreign policy. Prominent political analyst Peter Dale Scott marshals a convincing array of evidence to expose the extensive trail of sanctioned but illicit violence in politics and state affairs, especially when related to America's long-standing involvement with the global drug traffic. Beginning with Thailand in the 1950's, Americans have become inured to the CIA's alliances with drug traffickers (and their bankers) to install and sustain right-wing governments. The pattern has repeated itself