Retains the easy-to-read format and informal flavor of the previous editions, and includes new material on the symmetric properties of extended arrays (crystals

As the structure and behavior of molecules and crystals depend on their different symmetries, group theory becomes an essential tool in many important areas of

This substantially revised and expanded new edition of the bestselling textbook, addresses the difficulties that can arise with the mathematics that underpins t

This book provides a rigorous account on the fundamentals and applications of Group Theory to chemical physics.

Concise, self-contained introduction to group theory and its applications to chemical problems. Symmetry, matrices, molecular vibrations, transition metal chemi