Reviews in Computational Chemistry, Volume 18

Kenny B. Lipkowitz, PhD, is a retired Professor of Chemistry from North Dakota State University.Donald B. Boyd was apponted Research Professor of Chemistry at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis in 1994. He has published over 100 refereed journal papers and book chapters.

• Clustering Methods and Their Uses in Computational Chemistry (Geoff M. Downs and John M. Barnard). The Use of Scoring Functions in Drug Discovery Applications (Hans-Joachim Böhm and Martin Stahl). Potentials and Algorithms for Incorporating Polarizability in Computer Simulations (Steven W. Rick and Steven J. Stuart). New Developments in the Theoretical Description of Charge-Transfer Reactions in Condensed Phases (Dmitry V. Matyushov and Gregory A. Voth). Linear Free Energy Relationships Using Quantum Mechanical Descriptors (George R. Famini and Leland Y. Wilson). The Development of Computational Chemistry in Germany (Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff). Appendix. Examination of the Employment Environment for Computational Chemistry (Donald B. Boyd and Kenny B. Lipkowitz). Author Index. Subject Index.

"...I recommend this book. Anyone interest in computational chemistry should browse through it and may well end up reading most of it." (Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 125, No. 22, 2003)