Quantum Chemistry

[Anonymous No.9477687]

I’m a computer science grad student and I have to pick up a minor. It’s been a while since I’ve done chemistry and physics, but it seems like a good choice, and I’m enjoying Computational Chemistry now. My question for /sci/: How much Chemistry do I need to learn to appreciate quantum chemistry? My linear algebra is fine, I think. But if you were to recommend a book or two, what would you choose? I’ll have time to study over the summer.

[Anonymous No.9478619]

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[Anonymous No.9478639]

>>9477687
You don't need to know chemistry to understand quantum chemistry, you need to know quantum mechanics beyond intro QM and that means you also need to understand most of physics. At the very least classical mechanics, electrodynamics, intro QM and then you can move onto more advanced quantum theory.

Good luck

[Anonymous No.9478644]

>>9477687
>I’m a computer science grad student

I am so sorry.

[Anonymous No.9478959]

>>9477687
>computer science grad student

[Anonymous No.9478964]

Almost exactly none. When you say, "chemistry," as a broad discipline, typically a chemist's knowledge of the actual electronic and quantum behavior of atoms is very weak and what you learn in chemistry textbooks and classes are a series of mental models almost entirely divorced from the physical reality that nonetheless adequately explain 95+% of your experimental results.

[Anonymous No.9479341]

>>9478964
>implying every science, physics the most extravagantly, isn't almost entirely divorced from physical reality