Designed to serve as a textbook for postgraduate
students of physics and chemistry, this second
edition improves the clarity of treatment, extends
the range of topics, and includes more worked
examples with a view to providing all the material needed for a course in
molecular spectroscopy—from
first principles to the very useful spectral data that
comprise figures, charts and tables.
To improve the conceptual appreciation and to
help students develop more positive and realistic
impressions of spectroscopy, there are two new
chapters—one on the spectra of atoms and the other
on laser spectroscopy. The chapter on the spectra of
atoms