Leach A.R. Molecular Modelling principles and applications

Second edition - Pearson Education Limited, 2001. - 744 p.The impetus for this second edition is a desire to include some of the new techniques that have emerged in recent years and also extend the scope of the book to cover certain areas that were under-represented (even neglected) in the first edition. In this second volume there are three topics that fall into the first category (density functional theory, bioinformatics/ protein structure analysis and chemoinformatics) and one main area in the second category (modelling of the solid state). In addition, of course, a new edition provides an opportunity to take a critical view of the text and to re-organise and update the material. Thus whilst much remains from the first edition, and this second book follows much the same path through the subject, readers familiar with the first edition will find some changes which I hope they will agree are for the better.