Physical BioChemistry: BCHM 485

Spring 2008

Course meets in Chem 2201, TuTh 9:30 am
Professor: David Fushman
Office: Room 1121 Biomolecular Sciences Bldg (#296)
Office Hours: Wednesday, 2 - 3 pm (tentative)
E-mail: fushman@umd.edu

Syllabus

Textbooks

Required:
Quantum Chemistry & Spectroscopy by Thomas Engel
Thermodynamics, Statistical Thermodynamics, and Kinetics by Thomas Engel & Philip Reid
Recommended:
Physical Chemistry by Peter Atkins and Julio de Paula, 8-th edition, Vol.2 Quantum Chemistry, Spectroscopy, and Statistical Thermodynamics;
Physical Chemistry with Applications to the Life Sciences by David Eisenberg and Donald Crothers;
Principles of Physical Biochemistry by van Holde, Johnson & Ho;
Molecular Driving Forces by Dill & Bromberg;
Biophysical Chemistry by Cantor & Schimmel.
 
Assignments:
Reading and problems are either from Quantum Chemistry & Spectroscopy [QCS] or from Thermodynamics, Statistical Thermodynamics, and Kinetics [TSK]
Date Reading Problems