Foundations of Spectroscopy (Oxford Chemistry Primers No. 78) (Duckett, Simon; Gilbert, Bruce)

Abstract

This is an ideal introduction to spectroscopy for students such as those in my first-year honors course who need to know something about the various techniques but have not had physical chemistry. The prose is clean and crisp and both the fundamentals and major applications are covered in less than one hundred pages. Because of the breadth of coverage, it would be a nice supplement for the first two years of an undergraduate curriculum and a book that students could refer to as their education progresses.